Wear resistant alloys are those that are made to resist abrasive wear, sliding wear, and erosive wear. They consist mostly of cobalt and chromium but may also contain tungsten or molybdenum and a ...

Molybdenum and molybdenum alloys are refractory metal and alloys with a very high melting point (non-alloy 2623 °C) and a low thermal expansion coefficient. They are used to fabricate evaporation ...

These included the Biomet nonporous (cemented) Mallory-Head stem, manufactured from a cobalt-chrome-molybdenum alloy; the Biomet Bimetric cemented femoral stem, manufactured from a titanium alloy ...