ABSTRACT
Metals enjoy wide application in orthopaedics as structural, load-bearing materials in devices for fracture xation, partial and total joint replacement devices, instruments, and external splints, braces, and traction apparatus. The principle reasons for this broad popularity are as follows:
1. Metals have high elastic moduli and reasonable yield points such that structures may be designed that will bear signicant loads without large elastic deformations or any permanent deformation.
