Synthesis and characterisation of a new superelastic Ti-25Ta-25Nb biomedical alloy

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 559-564

  Bertrand, E ^a   Gloriant, T ^a   Gordin, D M ^a   Vasilescu, E ^b   Drob, P ^b   Vasilescu, C ^b   Drob, S I ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES CHIMIQUES DE RENNES   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Corrosion tests; Mechanical properties; Microstructure; Titanium alloy

Indexed keywords

CORROSION RESISTANCE; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELTING; METAL CASTINGS; METAL IMPLANTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NIOBIUM ALLOYS; TENSILE TESTING; TERNARY ALLOYS; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY COMPOSITIONS; BIOMEDICAL ALLOYS; CORROSION TESTS; ELASTIC BEHAVIOUR; LOW YOUNG'S MODULUS; MEDICAL IMPLANTS; RECOVERABLE STRAIN; RINGER SOLUTIONS;

TANTALUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY; NIOBIUM; RINGER SOLUTION; TANTALUM; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORROSION; DENSITY; ELASTICITY; HARDNESS; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SYNTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 77956343137     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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