Microstructure, mechanical and wear properties of laser surface melted Ti6Al4V alloy

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 335-344

  Balla, Vamsi Krishna ^a,b   Soderlind, Julie ^a   Bose, Susmita ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Amit ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b CGCRI   (India)

Author keywords

Laser processing; Surface melting; Surface modification; Ti6Al4V alloy; Wear

Indexed keywords

LASER PROCESSING; SURFACE MELTING; SURFACE MODIFICATION; TI6AL4V ALLOY; WEAR;

HARDNESS; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 84894246058     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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