The role of heat treatment on microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti-13Zr-13Nb alloy for biomedical load bearing applications

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1132-1144

  Majumdar, P ^a   Singh, S B ^a   Chakraborty, M ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BHUBANESWAR   (India)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Hardness; Microstructure; Tensile properties; Titanium alloy

Indexed keywords

COOLING RATES; HARDNESS AND ELASTIC MODULUS; HEAT TREATMENT CONDITIONS; IMPLANT MATERIALS; LOAD BEARING; MARTENSITE PHASIS; MATRIX; MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SOLUTION TREATMENT TEMPERATURES; WATER QUENCHING;

ALLOYS; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); COOLING; DUCTILITY; ELASTIC MODULI; HARDNESS; HEAT TREATMENT; MARTENSITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM ALLOYS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM; WROUGHT IRON; ZIRCONIUM;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY; BIOMATERIAL; NIOBIUM; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; COOLING; HARDNESS; HEAT TREATMENT; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELASTIC MODULUS; HARDNESS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79960608035     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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