how much metal do you need to make a prosthetic leg

Question: how much metal do you need to make a prosthetic leg
- Keywords:
  metal,
  prosthetic
Asked by 974mgrq39 to Shruti on 13 Mar 2019.
- Shruti Turner answered on 13 Mar 2019:
  
  It depends on the prosthetic. Some are made of more metal which are very strong but often heavy and not waterproof. Others have no metal at all and are made of plastic and carbon fibre.

Question: how much metal do you need to make a prosthetic leg