Sources covered include over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases.

The subfiles that make up this database can be searched separately.

The subfiles are:

Major areas of coverage include:
• Adhesive bonding
• Alloys
• Aluminum
• Biomaterials
• Brazing and Soldering
• Business and company information
• Casting and molding
• Ceramics
• Chemical and electrochemical properties
• Composites
• Copper
• Corrosion
• Energy and fuel
• Glass, including metallic glasses
• Health and safety
• Heat treatment
• Intermetallics
• Materials selection
• Materials Substitution
• Metallurgy
• Nonferrous metals
• Polymers
• Powder technology
• Products and processes
• Recycling
• Refractories
• Steels
• Structures
• Surface finishing
• Testing, Quality Control
• Thermal spray
• Welding
• Working and forming

1966 - current

Once a month. Approximately 100,000-125,000 new records are added per year.

Over 0 records as of May 2013

The database is indexed using a master authority file of about 40,000 controlled-vocabulary terms. Older records in this database were indexed using a file-specific thesaurus; this thesaurus has now been incorporated into the master authority file.

Proquest
789 E. Eisenhower Parkway
P.O. Box 1346
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346
Tel: +1-734-761-4700

TI:	Title Effect of Extent of Motion and Type of Load on the Wear of Polyethylene in a Biaxial Hip Simulator
AU:	Author Saikko, V; Calonius, O; Keranen, J
AF:	Affiliation Helsinki University of Technology
SO:	Source Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Vol. 65B, no. 1, pp. 186-192. 15 Apr. 2003
IS:	ISSN 0021-9304
PY:	Publication Year 2003
PB:	Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc , 605 Third Ave , New York, NY, 10016, USA, [mailto:cs-journals@wiley.co.uk]
AB:	Abstract The most commonly used wear test device for prosthetic hip joints is the so-called biaxial rocking motion (BRM) design. The design has been criticized for its excessive sliding distance per cycle. The design was modified so that the extent of motion was reduced from 46 to 23 deg , and comparative tests were run with the use of 1-kN static load. The present authors have earlier used 1-kN static load with good results. To further confirm this finding, additional, comparative tests were run with double-peak dynamic load and 46 deg extent of motion. All three tests (46 deg /static, 23 deg /static and 46 deg /dynamic), were done with conventional ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene acetabular cups against polished CoCr femoral heads in diluted calf serum lubricant. In all tests, the principal cup wear mechanism was adhesive, manifested as burnishing. With respect to wear particles, those produced in the 46 deg /dynamic test showed the lowest resemblance to particles isolated from periprosthetic tissues. The 46 deg /dynamic test produced a mean wear rate 43% higher than 46 deg /static, whereas the 46 deg /static and 23 deg /static tests produced almost identical values. The results indicated that the 46 deg extent of motion and dynamic load may not always be the optimal combination in BRM tests.
IL:	Illustrations Graphs
NR:	Number of References 20
LA:	Language English
PT:	Publication Type Journal Article
DE:	Descriptors Cobalt Base Alloys; Surgical Implants; Prosthetics; Wear Tests; Wear Rate; Wear Mechanisms
CL:	Classification 31 Mechanical Properties (MD)
UD:	Update 20030721
AN:	Accession Number 200307-31-2610 (MD)

The following field codes are found in the records of this database. Here they are listed in alphabetical order by two-letter code. See Field Codes and Search Examples for detailed descriptions and search examples.

AB = Abstract	LA = Language
AF = Affiliation	MC = Material Classification
AN = Accession Number	ML = Material
AU = Author	NR = Number of References
CA = Corporate Author	NT = Notes
CF = Conference	NU = Other Numbers
CL = Classification	PA = Patent Application Data
DE = Descriptors	PB = Publisher
DO = DOI	PC = Patent Country
EA = Email Address	PN = Patent Number
ED = Editor	PR = Patent Priority Data
EI = Electronic ISSN	PT = Publication Type
IB = ISBN	PY = Publication Year
IL = Illustrations	RE = References
IS = ISSN	RL = Resource Location
JC = Journal Coverage	RP = Report Number
JC = Journal Issue	SF = Subfile
JN = Journal Name	SO = Source
JV = Journal Volume	TI = Title
KW = Keywords	UD = Update