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[email protected] Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/mcise_facpubs Citation/Publisher Attribution K.D. Gemmell and D.M.L. Meyer. Wear of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene against Synthetic Sapphire as Bearing Coating 7/8 for Total Joint Replacements . Res Dev Material Sci . 6(2). RDMS.000632.2018. DOI: 10.31031/RDMS.2018.06.000632 Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.31031/RDMS.2018.06.000632 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering at DigitalCommons@URI. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@URI. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Research & Development in CRIMSON PUBLISHERS C Wings to the Research Material Science ISSN: 2576-8840 Research Article Wear of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene against Synthetic Sapphire as Bearing Coating for Total Joint Replacements Kevin D Gemmell, Jr and DML Meyer* Mechanical Engineering, The University of Rhode Island, USA *Corresponding author: DML Meyer, Thermomechanics Laboratory, The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA, Tel: (401) 874-9292; Fax: (401) 874-2355; Email: Submission: April 27, 2018; Published: May 14, 2018 Abstract Materials commonly found in hip replacements are a polymer paired with metals or alloys.