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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Advances in Tribology Volume 2009, Article ID 250986, 12 pages doi:10.1155/2009/250986 Review Article Significance of Tribocorrosion in Biomedical Applications: Overview and Current Status M. T. Mathew,1 P. Srinivasa Pai,2 R. Pourzal,3 A. Fischer,3 and M. A. Wimmer1 1 Section of Tribology, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte 574 110, Karnataka, India 3 Department of Materials Science and Engineering II, University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany Correspondence should be addressed to M. T. Mathew, mathew t mathew@ Received 10 June 2009; Accepted 6 October 2009 Recommended by Braham Prakash Recently, “tribocorrosion,” a research area combining the science of tribology and corrosion, has drawn attention from scientists and engineers belonging to a wide spectrum of research domains. This is due to its practical impact on daily life and also the accompanying economical burdens. It encompasses numerous applications including the offshore, space, and biomedical industry, for instance, in the case of artificial joints (Total Hip Replacement, THR) in orthopedic surgery, where implant metals are constantly exposed to tribological events (joint articulations) in the presence of corrosive solutions, that is, body fluids. Keeping the importance of this upcoming area of research in biomedical applications in mind, it was thought to consolidate the work in this area with some fundamental aspects so that a comprehensive picture of the current state of knowledge can be depicted. Complexity of tribocorrosion processes has been highlighted, as it is influenced by several parameters (mech