Two materials (one being metal) under slight relative motion in a liquid medium are subjected to fretting corrosion. This chapter is dedicated to studying fretting corrosion of implants. After describing the most significant implants subjected to fretting, fretting corrosion is defined. Fretting corrosion is a particular degradation mechanism; it highlights the key role of passive film, crevice corrosion, etc. For demonstrating the electrochemical effect of the fretting corrosion of metal, some investigations are presented at free corrosion potential and at applied potential to measure the specific current density. Moreover, the role of proteins is investigated because they constitute the biological environment and thus play a significant role in fretting corrosion processes. Finally, results from atomic force microscopy (AFM) show the particular debris, size about 100nm. The problem of debris influence is discussed.
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