Preparation, structural and microstructural characterization of Ti-25Ta-10Zr alloy forbiomedical applications

Titanium alloys are widely used in the biomedical field due to their good corrosion resistance, high mechanical strength/density ratio, low elastic modulus, and good biocompatibility. With the addition of β-stabilizers elements (such as tantalum), the decrease of the elastic modulus and excellent co...

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Autores: de Freitas Quadros, Fernanda, Kuroda, Pedro Akira Bazaglia, dos Santos Jorge Sousa, Karolyne, Donato, Tatiani Ayako Goto, Grandini, Carlos Roberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/188056
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2019.07.020
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/188056
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Biomaterials
Microstructure
Ti alloys
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Sumario:Titanium alloys are widely used in the biomedical field due to their good corrosion resistance, high mechanical strength/density ratio, low elastic modulus, and good biocompatibility. With the addition of β-stabilizers elements (such as tantalum), the decrease of the elastic modulus and excellent corrosion resistance are obtained. Zirconium despite being a neutral element appends a good corrosion resistance to titanium alloys. In this paper, Ti-25Ta-10Zr alloy was prepared and characterized aiming biomedical applications. Structural and microstructural analysis corroborated each other and showed the presence of characteristic peaks of three crystalline structures, hexagonal (α phase) and orthorhombic (α'' phase), dissolved in a matrix with body-centered cubic crystalline structure (β phase). In the indirect cytotoxicity test, no cytotoxic effects were observed on the produced alloy.