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Investigation of the Effect of Indium Addition on the Mechanical and Electrochemical Properties of the Ti–15Mo Biomedical Alloy

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β-Titanium alloy forms one of the most versatile materials in processing, microstructure, and mechanical properties. These alloys are widely used in biomedical applications, mainly replacing stiff fabrics due to their properties, such as lower modulus of elasticity, high biocompatibility, and better corrosion resistance than other alloys. This paper focuses on recent developments of low modulus β-type Ti-based alloys, where indium additions were made by four different (0.5, 1, 1.5, 2) wt% for biomedical applications. Alloys were produced using a powder metallurgy method in a steel mold, then sintered at 950 °C for 6 h. The effect of indium alloys additives was investigated using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, and mechanical properties of Brinell hardness, compression, elastic modulus, and wear, and corrosion behavior in hanks and saliva solutions. It is found that increasing indium content results increase the porosity. However, the increasing volume fraction of indium particles improves the micro-hardness, compressive strength, and wear resistance. In contrast, the wear resistance decreased by increasing the applied loads for all reinforcement content. The results, in conclusion, the alloy that content at 2 wt% indium particles relatively have high mechanical and wear properties, and it could be considered suitable because of high corrosion resistance in our daily life applications. Microhardness, elasticity modulus, and corrosion testing results showed that the prepared Ti–15Mo alloy has excellent potential for use as biomaterial, mainly in orthopaedic applications.

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Al-Murshdy, J.M.S., Al-Deen, H.H.J. & Hussein, S.R. Investigation of the Effect of Indium Addition on the Mechanical and Electrochemical Properties of the Ti–15Mo Biomedical Alloy. J Bio Tribo Corros 7, 148 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40735-021-00581-w

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