In vitro corrosion behaviour of plasma nitrided Ti-6Al-7Nb orthopaedic alloy in Hanks solution

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 415-418

  Gokul Lakshmi, S ^a   Raman, V ^a   Rajendran, N ^a   Babi, M A K ^b   Arivuoli, D ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Mark V Surface Technology Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Hanks solution; Plasma nitriding; Titanium; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CAPACITANCE; CHARGE TRANSFER; CORROSION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROHARDNESS; ORTHOPEDICS; PASSIVATION; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TERNARY SYSTEMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

HANKS SOLUTION; PLASMA EQUIPMENTS; PLASMA NITRIDING;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0345763157     PISSN: 14686996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stam.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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