Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2023 Sep 15;16(18):6222. doi: 10.3390/ma16186222

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

© 2023 by the authors.

Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

PMC Copyright notice

Comparison of 3D AFM images of sandblasted, mechanically polished and plasma electrolytically polished Co-Cr alloys. AFM images are 100 µm in width and height. They are shown with OpenGL lighting for better contrast. (a) Sandblasted Wironit^® specimen showing a rough surface with irregular porosity. (b) Plasma-polished Wironit^® specimen showing inhomogeneities and interspersed insular structures. (c) Mechanically polished Wironit^® specimen showing a smooth surface with numerous polishing marks. (d) Sandblasted Heraenium^® Sun specimen depicting a rough surface. (e) Plasma-polished Heraenium^® Sun specimen showing a smooth surface with a few inhomogeneities and interspersed insular structures. (f) Mechanically polished Heraenium^® Sun specimen showing a smooth surface with numerous polishing scratches.