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Fabrication of Ni-free Ti-based bulk-metallic glassy alloy having potential for application as biomaterial, and investigation of its mechanical properties, corrosion, and crystallization behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2011

Jeong-Jung Oak ,
Dmitri V. Louzguine-Luzgin  and
Akihisa Inoue
Jeong-Jung Oak*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
Dmitri V. Louzguine-Luzgin
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
Akihisa Inoue
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: ojj69@imr.tohoku.ac.jp Present address: Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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Abstract

A new Ti-based bulk-metallic glassy (BMG) alloy without Ni was developed in various forms such as melt-spun ribbon and cylindrical rods. Ti metal and Ti-based alloys are well known as biomaterials because Ti has good biocompatibility with the human body. We examined mechanical and chemical properties of a newly developed Ti-based BMG alloy in comparison with pure Ti metal and Ti–6Al–4V alloy, which are used for biomaterials. The new Ti-based BMG (Ti45Zr10Pd10Cu31Sn4) alloy does not contain Ni, Al, and Be elements, which are known to be toxic. The Ti45Zr10Pd10Cu31Sn4 BMG alloy rod with a diameter of 3 mm, which is produced by copper mold casting, exhibits a compressive strength of 1970 MPa and a Young’s modulus of 95 GPa. In addition, the Ti45Zr10Pd10Cu31Sn4 BMG alloy shows a supercooled liquid region of 56 K and a reduced glass-transition temperature, Trg(=Tg/Tl), of 0.56. The high thermal stability of supercooled liquid has enabled the fabrication of a cylindrical rod specimen with a diameter of 4 mm. This alloy exhibits precipitation of a primary nanoscale icosahedral phase upon devitrification followed by the formation of a metastable unidentified phase. Ti2Cu and Ti3Sn are stable phases formed in this alloy. The Ti45Zr10Pd10Cu31Sn4 BMG alloy has a high corrosion resistance and is passivated at a lower passive current density of approximately 10−2 A/m2 compared to those of pure titanium and the Ti–6Al–4V alloy in 1 mass% lactic acid and phosphate-buffered saline solutions at 310 K.

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CorrosionPhase transformationRapid solidification
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , May 2007 , pp. 1346 - 1353
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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