Age-hardening of Ti-35Nb-7Zr-5Ta alloy for orthopaedic implants
AUTOR(ES)
Taddei, Elisa Bueno, Henriques, Vinicius Andre Rodrigues, Silva, Roberto Moreira da, Cairo, Carlos Alberto Alves
FONTE
Materials Research
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2007-09
RESUMO
Bone injuries and failures often require the inception of implant biomaterial. Research in this field has received increasing attention recently. In particular, porous metals are attractive due to its unique physical, mechanical, and new bone tissue ingrowth properties. The aim of this work is to investigate age hardening behavior of Ti-35Nb-7Zr-5Ta alloy produced by powder metallurgy. Samples of Ti-35Nb-7Zr-5Ta were produced from a mixture of hydrided powders followed by uniaxial and cold isostatic pressing with subsequent densification by sintering at 1500 °C, in vacuum. After that, the samples were heat treated in three steps; solution treatment (1100/°C), air cooling and aging (600 °C for 4 and 6 hours). Sintered samples were characterized for microstructure and microhardness by scanning electron microscopy and Vickers indentation, respectively. In the homogenized condition alloy exhibited a microstructure consisting primarily of a beta Ti matrix with grain boundary alpha precipitates and a low volume fraction of primary alpha precipitates. In the ageing condition the alloy exhibited the precipitation of refined scale secondary alpha precipitates distributed homogeneously in the beta matrix.
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