Corrosion fatigue behavior of a biocompatible ultrafine-grained niobium alloy in simulated body fluid

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 181-192

  Rubitschek, F ^a   Niendorf, T ^a   Karaman, I ^b   Maier, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion fatigue; ECAP; Implant materials; Niobium alloys; UFG

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL IMPLANTS; CORROSION PRODUCTS; ECAP; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; EQUAL CHANNEL ANGULAR PROCESSING; EXCELLENT CORROSION RESISTANCES; FATIGUE PROPERTIES; HIGH STRENGTH AND DUCTILITY; HIGH-CYCLE FATIGUES; IMPLANT MATERIALS; MULTI-PASS; PASSIVE BEHAVIOR; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SALINE ENVIRONMENT; SALINE SOLUTIONS; SIMULATED BODY FLUIDS; TEST CONDITION; TEST FREQUENCIES; TI-6AL-4V ALLOY; UFG; ULTRAFINE-GRAINED;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BODY FLUIDS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; CRACKS; EQUAL CHANNEL ANGULAR PRESSING; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; HIGH STRENGTH ALLOYS; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; VANADIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

CORROSION FATIGUE;

ALLOY; NIOBIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BODY FLUID; CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION;

ALLOYS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; BODY FLUIDS; CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; NIOBIUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 81455131502     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.08.023     Document Type: Article

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