%0 journal article
%@ 0142-9612
%A Witte, F., Fischer, J., Nellesen, J., Crostack, H.-A., Kaese, V., Pisch, A., Beckmann, F., Windhagen, H.

%D 2006
%J Biomaterials
%N 7
%P 1013-1018 
%R doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.07.037
%T In vitro and in vivo corrosion measurements of magnesium alloys
%U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.07.037
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%X microtomography. We found that in vivo corrosion was about four orders of magnitude lower than in vitro corrosion of the tested alloys. Furthermore, the tendency of the corrosion rates obtained from in vitro corrosion tests were in the opposite direction as those obtained from the in vivo study. The results of this study suggest, that the conclusions drawn from current ASTM standard in vitro corrosion tests cannot be used to predict in vivo corrosion rates of magnesium alloys.