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. 2017 Feb 1;4:3. doi: 10.1186/s40634-017-0078-4

Table 1.

Material properties

Material Young’s modulus (MPa) Poisson’s ratio Yield strength (MPa)a
CoCr 210000 0.3 600/600
PEEK-Optima® 3700 0.362 117/90
UHMWPE 1100 0.42 n/a
PMMA 2866 0.3 97/40
Femur 1–20000 0.3 n/a
CoCr-PMMA Interface 5732/57.32/151.36a n/a 70/2.1/8
PEEK-PMMA Interface 5732/57.32/151.36a n/a 70/2.1/4

aCompressive/Tensile/(Shear)