Low temperature heat treatments on Ti-15Zr-xMo alloys

This paper regards the study of the effect of heat treatments on the microstructure and microhardness of Ti-15Zr-xMo alloys aimed to biomedical applications. The alloys were melted in an arc-furnace, with four different compositions in order to obtain samples with α′, α′+β and β phase microstructure...

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Autores: Xavier, Caio Castanho [UNESP], Correa, Diego Rafael Nespeque [UNESP], Grandini, Carlos Roberto [UNESP], Rocha, Luís Augusto [UNESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/179111
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.08.072
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/179111
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Alloys
Biomaterials
Heat treatment
Titanium
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Sumario:This paper regards the study of the effect of heat treatments on the microstructure and microhardness of Ti-15Zr-xMo alloys aimed to biomedical applications. The alloys were melted in an arc-furnace, with four different compositions in order to obtain samples with α′, α′+β and β phase microstructures. The as-cast alloys exhibited a full lamellar structure for the Ti-15Zr, a bimodal structure composed by β phase grains along with an α phase acicular structure at the grain boundaries for the Ti-15Zr-5Mo, predominant β phase for the Ti-15Zr-10Mo and only β phase for the Ti-15Zr-15Mo. Results showed that both microstructure and mechanical properties of the studied alloys can be tailored by relatively low temperature heat treatments, as they resulted in the growth of the α′ phase in all alloys. The formation of α′ phase resulted in a decrease in the microhardness of the alloys.