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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Mater Lett. 2019 Dec 28;263:127282. doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2019.127282

Figure 3.

Figure 3.

Biodegradability of pure zinc and Zn-WC nanocomposite. (a) Vickers microhardness of Zn- WC nanocomposites vs. WC vol.% (b) Comparing the Vickers hardness of pure Zn and Zn-WC (10 vol. %) nanocomposites before and after 14 days of immersion in SBF. (c) Static immersion of Zn-WC micro-wires in SBF (n=3). No statistically significant difference (p > 0.05) was measured in Zn release between samples with increasing WC nanoparticle content based on one-way ANOVA. SEM images of Zn- WC nanocomposite micro-wire before (d) and after (e) immersion in SBF for 14 days.