Figure 7
Animal studies of magnesium-based metallic glass in comparison with a crystalline magnesium alloy reference sample. (a–d) Glassy Mg60Zn35Ca5 (a,c) and crystalline magnesium alloy reference (WZ21) (b,d) in two types of porcine abdominal tissue (muscle after 27 days (a,b) and subcutis after 91 days (c,d) of implantation). All samples show a typical fibrous capsule foreign-body reaction (indicated by white arrows), but only the crystalline samples (implanted discs indicated by dashed lines) show pronounced hydrogen evolution (area between discs and fibrous capsules indicated by black arrows). Adapted from Ref. 69 (© 2010 Springer Science+Business Media).
