Biodegradable Orthopedic Magnesium-Calcium (MgCa) Alloys, Processing, and Corrosion Performance.docVIP

Materials 2012, 5, 135-155; doi:10.3390/ma5010135 OPEN ACCESS materials ISSN 1996-1944 /journal/materials Review Biodegradable Orthopedic Magnesium-Calcium (MgCa) Alloys, Processing, and Corrosion Performance Meisam Salahshoor and Yuebin Guo * Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA; E-Mail: msalahshoorpirsoltan@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: yguo@; Tel.: +1-205-348-2615; Fax: +1-205-348-6419. Received: 7 September 2011; in revised form: 21 November 2011 / Accepted: 2 December 2011 / Published: 9 January 2012