Liga Ti-35Nb-5Ta-7Zr : microestrutura e propriedades mecanicas e de corrosão

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

RESUMO

The pure titanium and the titanium alIoys present interesting characteristics like high relation strength/weight, good corrosion resistance, and very good biocompatibility, that are very useful for implant applications. The pure titanium applieation is limited to applieations involving low mechanical solicitations. The purpose of this work is the fabrieation and charaeterization of the Ti-35Nb-5Ta-7Zr alIoy that has alI the elements biocompatible and low modulus of elasticity that is very important in terms of minimizing bone reabsorption. The start materiaIs were ingotes fabricated in an are voltaic furnace, in vaeuum with addition of inert gas, of 20 mm in diameter and 150 mm in length. These ingotes were transformed, by rolIing, at 950°C and 1230°C, to a reetangular form, with an approximated total reduction of 60% in area, in five passing, for defining the best temperature in terms of homogeneity and refining of the microstrueture. It was possible to conc1ude, from this first stage, that the 1230°C was the best temperature. Afier rolling at 1230°C, square samples of 7 x 7 mm were rotary swaging (radial forging), at 700°C, to a little bar of 3.8 mm in diameter, representing 77% of reduction in area, and from that, the samples were cold rotary swaging to 3.3 mm of diameter samples. These 3.3 mm in diameter samples were isostatic pressing at 20°C and from 200 to 1000°C, in 100 to 100°C. Optieal microscopy, scanning electron mieroseopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction, and differential thermal analysis (DTA) have been condueted in order to mierostruetural eharacterization and analysis. For alI eonditions easting, rolling, radial forging, and isostatic pressing - the mlcrostructure has been eharacterized and analysed and the meehanieal properties (Viekers hardness and mierohardness, yield strength, tensile strength, eompression strength, modulus of elasticity, and elongation) for some of these eonditions have been determined and analysed. The potential and density of corrosion were also determined and analysed. The analysis of the individual constituents of the studied alIoy shown that the used process of fabrication of the alIoy produced a good homogeneity and refining of the microstrueture. The mierostrueture is strongly affected by the thermal treatments. It was possible to observe an alotropie transformation between 700°C and 800°C that was characterized by DT A as an endothermie transformation associated to the alotropic transformation of the titanium (a ~). The Ti-35Nb-5Ta-7Zr alloy is noble when compared to the pure titanium in terms of eorrosion properties; however, on the other hand, once the eorrosion processes takes place the velocity of corrosion was higher for the alloy. The X-ray diffraction teehnique eonfirmed that the studied alIoy is a ~ alIoy. The tensile mechanieal properties of this alIoy are as expeeted and good for implants, mainly in terms of the low modulus of elasticity, that was the main factor of motivation of this thesis

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microestrutura ligas de titanio - propriedades mecanicas ligas de titanio materiais resistentes a corrosão materiais biomedicos biocompatibilidade

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