Comparison of Functional Properties of Thin Layers on Titanium and Cobalt Implant Alloys

Abstract:

The development of arthroplastics places high demands on the materials used for load-bearing elements of orthopedic implants. The most common of implant materials are titanium and cobalt alloys due to their excellent mechanical properties and biocompatibility. Titanium alloys have desirable properties, such as relatively low modulus, good fatigue strength, formability, machinability, superior corrosion resistance and so are frequently used for long-term implants. However, poor wear resistance limits their application for tribological systems of artificial joints. Research on improvement of titanium alloys tribological properties have been undertaken, mainly by using thin coatings. The TiN-layers are reported to be most promising in biomedical applications such. Many authors stress that application of TiN layer improve wear resistance of titanium implant alloys. Presented work is focused on comparison of effect of TiN coating on properties of TiAlV and CoCrMo implant alloys. The structure, microhardness, corrosion resistance as well as tribological properties were analysed. The research did not confirmed the good properties of titanium alloy with TiN coating. The results show that matrix metal hardness definitely affects the efficiency of TiN layers.

• Periodical: Defect and Diffusion Forum (Volumes 297-301)
• Pages: 1053-1058
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.297-301.1053
• Online since: April 2010
• Authors: Małgorzata Grądzka-Dahlke
• Keywords: Austenitic Steel, Biomaterial, Magnetic Property, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)

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