Properties of Nanotitanium for Potential Medical Applications |
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Authors: | Halina Garbacz Krzysztof Jan Kurzydlowski |
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Affiliation: | Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Materials Science&Egineering, 02-507 Warsaw, Woloska 141, Poland |
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Abstract: | Summary : Two titanium-Grade2 (a course-grained in the received state and nanostructured after hydrostatic extrusion) were examined wear and corrosion tests. Passive oxide layers formed on the surface of both materials had a thickness of about 6 nm and the same chemical composition. The corrosion resistances measured in a 0.9% NaCl solution were comparable. The friction tests show that nano-grained Ti is suitable for use in the tribological par with UHMWPE. |
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Keywords: | implants nanotechnology structure-property relations |
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