Novel AgCa and AgCaLa alloys for Fe-based bioresorbable implants with adapted degradation

•Development of degradable silver alloy for biomedical application.•Targeted selection of alloying elements.•Detailed characterisation of microstructure and comparison with available data of binary alloying systems.•Determination of all relevant properties for provided application: Biocompatibility, electrochemical properties, degradation behavior.•Correlation of properties with microstructure.