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Table 1 Results of plain radiographs, visual inspection, surface mapping and material loss assessment

From: Mechanical wear analysis helps understand a mechanism of failure in retrieved magnetically controlled growing rods: a retrieval study

Case

Rod

Rod type

Lot number

Plain radiographs

Visual inspection (wear marks)

Map 1

Map 2

Wear depth (μm)

Wear area (mm2)

Normalised wear area (mm2/mm)

1

1

1.2

A130313–03

intact

circumferential

unmatched

matched

41.2

0.428

0.071

2

1.2

A130523–01

intact

circumferential

unmatched

unmatched

1.9

0.008

0.001

2

3

1.2

A130130–02

intact

circumferential

matched

matched

95.8

2.757

0.084

3

4

1.2

120,314–002

unclear

circumferential

unmatched

unmatched

5.8

0.002

0.001

4

5

1.2

A140702–09

intact

circumferential

matched

matched

62.2

0.588

0.098

6

1.2

A140605–01

dislocated thread

longitudinal

matched

matched

131.0

0.567

0.142

5

7

1.2

A141014–17

intact

circumferential

matched

matched

26.9

0.063

0.016

8

1.2

A150220–08

intact

no

unmatched

unmatched

2.3

0.005

0.002

6

9

1.1

110,112–010-017

intact

circumferential

matched

matched

38.2

1.169

0.032

7

10

1.2

A130614–04

fractured pin

combined

matched

matched

103.0

2.918

0.224

11

1.2

A130306–03

dislocated thread

combined

matched

matched

85.4

3.946

0.219

8

12

1.2

A130604–10

fractured pin

combined

unmatched

matched

129.0

12.873

0.348

9

13

1.2

A140127–09

intact

circumferential

unmatched

unmatched

12.2

0.060

0.002

14

1.2

A130919–13

intact

circumferential

matched

matched

28.7

0.747

0.026

10

15

1.3

A150403–08

intact

circumferential

matched

matched

15.8

0.087

0.005

16

1.3

A150717–14

intact

circumferential

matched

matched

60.7

2.574

0.135

11

17

1.3

A150728–01

intact

circumferential

matched

matched

25.6

0.077

0.013

18

1.2

A140702–09

intact

circumferential

matched

matched

26.9

0.518

0.020

12

19

2.0

A150519–14-00

fractured pin

longitudinal

unmatched

matched

92.4

3.424

0.245

20

2.0

A150519–12-00

fractured pin

longitudinal

unmatched

unmatched

48.9

1.252

0.125

13

21

1.2

A140604–05

intact

circumferential

matched

unmatched

89.0

4.675

0.195

22

1.2

A140220–03

intact

circumferential

matched

matched

44.0

0.161

0.032

14

23

1.2

A131111–06

unclear

circumferential

unmatched

unmatched

10.2

0.004

0.002

24

1.2

A140414–06

intact

circumferential

matched

matched

27.2

0.051

0.026

15

25

1.2

A140425–12

intact

circumferential

matched

matched

65.2

1.147

0.048

26

1.2

A140127–09

intact

circumferential

unmatched

matched

31.4

0.168

0.013

16

27

1.2

A140301–05

intact

circumferential

matched

matched

52.7

1.423

0.119

28

1.2

A140813–02

intact

circumferential

matched

matched

88.5

1.187

0.148

17

29

1.2

A140604–05

intact

circumferential

matched

matched

65.4

1.728

0.052

30

1.2

A131111–06

intact

circumferential

matched

matched

15.8

0.367

0.015

18

31

1.2

A140127–09

fractured pin

longitudinal

matched

matched

16.7

0.099

0.008

19

32

1.2

A141222–01

fractured pin

circumferential

matched

matched

9.9

0.036

0.009

20

33

1.2

A140308–03

fractured pin

combined

matched

matched

168.0

10.356

0.414

34

1.2

A140127–08

fractured pin

combined

matched

matched

99.4

4.043

0.225