The President of the University of Technology awarded a book of thanks and appreciation to teaching staffs from the department of materials engineering.
The honorable president of the University of Technology “Prof Dr. Ahmed M. H. Al-Ghaban” awarded a book of thanks and appreciation to Prof. Dr. Emad S. Al- Hassani, Assist. Prof. Dr. Jawad K. Oleiwi, and Lec. Dr. Alaa A. Mohammed” from the Department of Materials Engineering/University of Technology, due to their distinguished efforts in achieved a patent, according to book No.  A.N.A/232 dated 14/12/2021.
The title of patent: “Manufacture of material as implants within the human body from polyetheretherketone (PEEK) as substitutes for metal implants”.
Abstract
Nanoindentation is a powerful technique to determine various mechanical properties of materials at the nanoscale, such as for example young’s modulus and hardness. Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is a material that is widely used in medicine because its mechanical properties show excellent similarity to those of human bone. The main objective of this study is to conduct a manufacturing experiment nano polyetheretherketone composite for characterization of its mechanical properties using a tensile test and nanoindentation techniques of mechanical tests. The results of mechanical tests exhibit improvements of youngs modulus, hardness and ultimate tensile strength at 1.5 wt % for two types of reinforcement but the higher values obtained when reinforced by (nHA).