简介:Zincwasrecentlysuggestedtobeapotentialcandidatematerialfordegradablecoronaryarterystent.Thecorrosionbehaviorofpurezincexposedtor-SBFupto336hwasinvestigatedbyelectrochemicalmeasurementsandimmersiontests.Themorphologyandchemicalcompositesofthecorrosionproductswereinvestigatedbyscanningelectronmicroscope,grazing-incidenceX-raydiffraction,X-rayphotoelectronspectroscopyandFouriertransforminfraredspectrometer.Theresultsdemonstratethattheinitialcorrosionproductsonthepurezincmainlyconsistofzincoxide/hydroxideandzinc/calciumphosphatecompounds.ThepureZnencountersuniformcorrosionwithanestimatedcorrosionrateof0.02-0.07mmy^-1duringtheimmersion,whichsuggeststhesuitabilityofpureZnforbiomedicalapplications.