Journal
JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS
Volume 46, Issue -, Pages 59-68Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.02.016
Keywords
Tribocorrosion; Titanium alloys; Passivation; Biomaterials
Funding
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion of the Spanish government [MAT2011-22481]
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The tribo-electrochemical behavior of different beta titanium alloys for biomedical applications sintered by powder metallurgy has been investigated. Different mechanical, electrochemical and optical techniques were used to study the influence of the chemical composition, Sn content, and the electrochemical conditions on the tribocorrosion behavior of those alloys Ti30NbxSn alloys (where x is the weight percentage of Sn content, 2% and 4%). Sn content increases the active and passive dissolution rate of the titanium alloys, thus increasing the mechanically activated corrosion under tribocorrosion conditions. It also increases the mechanical wear of the alloy. Prevailing electrochemical conditions between -1 and 2 V influences the wear accelerated corrosion by increasing it with the applied potential and slightly increases the mechanical wear of Ti30Nb4Sn. Wear accelerated corrosion can be predicted by existing models as a function of electrochemical and mechanical parameters of the titanium alloys. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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