Effect of CoCrMo Addition on Ti6Al4V/xCoCrMo Biomedical Composites Processed by Powder Metallurgy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Preparation
2.2. Sample Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Initial Packing Analysis
3.2. Compressibility of Mixtures
3.3. Sintering Analysis
3.4. Microstructural Characterization
3.4.1. SEM Observation
3.4.2. X-ray Diffraction Analysis
3.5. Hardness
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | CoCrMo Volume Fraction (Relative to Solid Volume) | CoCrMo Particles Connectivity (%) | CoCrMo Nc/Np |
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Ti6Al4V/10CoCrMo | 0.11 | 16 | 0.673 |
Ti6Al4V/15CoCrMo | 0.14 | 11 | 0.423 |
Ti6Al4V/20CoCrMo | 0.19 | 8.5 | 0.363 |
Ti6Al4V/25CoCrMo | 0.24 | 49.5 | 0.271 |
Ti6Al4V/30CoCrMo | 0.31 | 79.7 | 0.166 |
Sample | A1 | A2 | B | D0 | Dc |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ti6Al4V | 0.018 | 0.036 | 1.011 | 0.636 | 0.715 |
Ti6Al4V/10CoCrMo | 0.019 | 0.040 | 0.977 | 0.623 | 0.735 |
Ti6Al4V/15CoCrMo | 0.020 | 0.053 | 0.999 | 0.632 | 0.744 |
Ti6Al4V/20CoCrMo | 0.018 | 0.039 | 0.973 | 0.622 | 0.725 |
Ti6Al4V/25CoCrMo | 0.018 | 0.038 | 0.970 | 0.621 | 0.719 |
Ti6Al4V/30CoCrMo | 0.018 | 0.037 | 0.972 | 0.622 | 0.717 |
CoCrMo | 0.016 | 0.030 | 0.967 | 0.620 | 0.678 |
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Mihalcea, E.; Olmos, L.; Vergara-Hernández, H.; Jimenez, O.; Chávez, J.; Arteaga, D. Effect of CoCrMo Addition on Ti6Al4V/xCoCrMo Biomedical Composites Processed by Powder Metallurgy. Metals 2021, 11, 1523. https://doi.org/10.3390/met11101523
Mihalcea E, Olmos L, Vergara-Hernández H, Jimenez O, Chávez J, Arteaga D. Effect of CoCrMo Addition on Ti6Al4V/xCoCrMo Biomedical Composites Processed by Powder Metallurgy. Metals. 2021; 11(10):1523. https://doi.org/10.3390/met11101523
Chicago/Turabian StyleMihalcea, Elena, Luis Olmos, Héctor Vergara-Hernández, Omar Jimenez, Jorge Chávez, and Dante Arteaga. 2021. "Effect of CoCrMo Addition on Ti6Al4V/xCoCrMo Biomedical Composites Processed by Powder Metallurgy" Metals 11, no. 10: 1523. https://doi.org/10.3390/met11101523