"Hardness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The mechanical property of material that determines its resistance to force. HARDNESS TESTS measure this property.
| Descriptor ID |
D006244
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.374.647
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hardness" by people in Profiles.
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New insights into hard phases of CoCrMo metal-on-metal hip replacements. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2012 Aug; 12:39-49.
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Effect of hydration variability on hybrid layer properties of a self-etching versus an acid-etching system. Biomaterials. 2005 Mar; 26(9):1011-8.
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[Effect of surface hardness of the femur head prosthesis on abrasive wear forces in pairing with polyethylene for artificial hip joints]. Biomed Tech (Berl). 1998 Mar; 43(3):58-62.
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Distribution of Young's modulus in the cancellous bone of the proximal canine tibia. J Biomech. 1994 Aug; 27(8):1095-9.