Corrosion characteristics of copper‐based IUDs

Abstract

A corrosion study of the intra‐uterine device, “TCu 380 A”, was made using cyclic voltammetry (CV), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and optical microscopy (OM). Blood plasma, whole blood and artificial uterine fluid were used as corrosive media in order to establish a comparative scheme of the corrosion behaviour of copper in the device. In summary, the results obtained were not only similar to work reported previously, but also provided complementary data for a better understanding of the corrosion problem.

Citation

Benjamín Valdez, S., Navor Rosas, G., Mónica Carrillo, B., Tezozomoc Pérez, L., Ogura, T., Celia Beltrán, G., Miguel, J. and Beltrán, G. (2003), "Corrosion characteristics of copper‐based IUDs", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 50 No. 2, pp. 129-135. https://doi.org/10.1108/00035590310463993