Table 1.

Composition of Stent Alloys (Weight Percentage).

Material Fe Co Cr Pt Ni W Mo Mn Ti
316L SS 63 18 14 2.6 <2.0
CoCr (L605) 3 50.5 20 10 15 1.5
PtCr 37 18 33 9 2.6
Nitinol 55 45

Co, cobalt; Cr, chromium; Fe, iron; Mn, manganese; Mo, molybdenum; Ni, nickel; Pt, platinum; SS, stainless steel; Ti, titanium; W, tungsten.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2020 April; 11(2): e0017. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2020 April 29. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10403
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