Fabricated High-Strength, Low-Elastic Modulus Biomedical Ti-24Nb-4Zr-8Sn Alloy via Powder Metallurgy

Abstract

With the huge demands of an aging society, it is urgent to develop a new generation of non-toxic titanium alloy to match the modulus of human bone. Here, we prepared bulk Ti2448 alloys by powder metallurgy technology, and focused on the influence of the sintering process on the porosity, phase composition, and mechanical properties of the initial sintered samples. Furthermore, we performed solution treatment on the samples under different sintering parameters to further adjust the microstructure and phase composition, so as to achieve strength enhancement and reduction of Young’s modulus. Solution treatment can effectively inhibit the continuous α phase precipitated along the grain boundaries of the β matrix, which is beneficial to the fracture resistance. Therefore, the water-quenched sample exhibits good mechanical properties due to the absence of acicular α-phase. Samples sintered at 1400℃ and subsequently water quenched have excellent comprehensive mechanical properties, which benefit from high porosity and the smaller feature size of microstructure. To be specific, the compressive yield stress is 1100 MPa, the strain at fracture is 17.5%, and the Young’s modulus is 44 GPa, which are more applicable to orthopedic implants. Finally, the relatively mature sintering and solution treatment process parameters were screened out for reference in actual production.

The Contribution of the Pore Size of Titanium DC (Direct Current) Sputtered Condensation Polymer Materials to Electromagnetic Interruption and Thermal Properties

“…In addition, ∆H, ∆V, ∆S, ∆Y, ∆Cr, and ∆Cb data were calculated. The data of ∆H, ∆S, and ∆V values are expressed in the following Equations (1)- (3).…”

“…The "S" value in the color space represents the concentration and saturation of the color. Equation (3) demonstrates that in this case, the "V" data of the untreated specimen are subtracted from the "V" data of the titanium sputtered sample, indicating the color difference caused by titanium sputtering technique. The "V" value in the color space represents the degree of brightness and value.…”

“…There are various studies on laser treatment for mechanical stress, the atomic layer deposition of chlorine-containing titanium-zinc oxide nanofilms, 3D-printed titanium lattice structure, titanium alloys, titanium surface modification, porous titanium, and antibacterial applications [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12].…”