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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: Mater Sci Eng B Solid State Mater Adv Technol. 2016 Feb 26;208:39–46. doi: 10.1016/j.mseb.2016.02.005

Table 2.

Summary of surface morphology of the AZ31 substrate and PEO coated samples.

Samples Pore size (µm) Number of pore (2.5/mm2) Thickness (µm) Roughness (µm)
AZ31 – – – 0.253 ± 0.13
AZ31-1 1.40 ± 0.75 35 ± 7 8.54 ± 0.70 0.625 ± 0.03
AZ31-2a 0.63 ± 0.19 89 ± 3 6.26 ± 0.27 3.646 ± 1.01
AZ31-3 1.43 ± 0.37 46 ± 5 8.70 ± 0.49 0.561 ± 0.02
a

AZ31-2 data were not considered cracks on the surface.