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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2009 Jan;88(1):206–219. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.31171

Fig. 9.

Fig. 9

Topographical WDS micrographs. (a) Observation for Ti: Enhanced concentration in the bulk alloy (bright) and presence of the element in the debris layer (gray). (b) Oxygen: presence in the debris area and depletion in the bulk alloy (black). (c) Vanadium: presence of the element in the debris layer and in the bulk (regions of high and low concentration). (d) Aluminum: depletion in the debris layer (black) and presence in the bulk alloy. The debris layer is primarily composed by titanium, vanadium and debris. Aluminum is not reacting to form this layer.