Corrosion of ultra-high-purity XHP-ZX00 was studied in CO2-bicarbonate buffered Hanks solution.
The surface conditions were: as extruded, as drawn, annealed, mechanically cleaned, chemically polished, acetic acid clean.
Cold drawing introduced some iron impurity particles onto the wire surface.
Mechanically cleaning produced the best surface condition.
The low corrosion rates suggests that XHP-ZX00 is a good biomaterial candidate.