Influence of the heat treatment on the tribological characteristics of the tibased alloy for biomedical applications

Tribology in Industry

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 17-22

  Cvijovic Alagic I ^a   Mitrovic S ^b   Cvijovic Z ^c   Veljovic D ^c   Babic M ^b   Rakin, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

LOM; Microstructural characterization; SEM; Ti 6Al 4V alloy; Vickers hardness; Wear resistance

Indexed keywords

ALLOY MICROSTRUCTURE; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BODY CONDITION; IMPLANT MATERIALS; LIGHT OPTICAL MICROSCOPIES; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICRO-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; SEM; TI BASED ALLOY; TI-6AL-4V; TI-6AL-4V ALLOY; TRIBOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRIBOMETERS; WEAR CHARACTERISTICS;

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TREATMENT; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRIBOLOGY; VANADIUM ALLOYS; VICKERS HARDNESS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 73949153859     PISSN: 03548996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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