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Investigation of electrochemical behavior of nitrogen implanted Ti–15Mo–3Nb–3Al alloy in Hank’s solution

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Titanium alloy Ti–15–3–3 (Beta-21S) was implanted with nitrogen ions by plasma immersion ion implantation at 700, 750 and 800 °C. Micro Raman and XPS results confirm the formation of nitrides after implantation. Corrosion current density (icorr) of the treated samples in simulated body fluid (Hank’s solution) is higher than that of the substrate. Treated samples also exhibit lower charge transfer resistance and higher double layer capacitance as compared to that of substrate in electrochemical impedance spectroscopic studies. However, no corrosion related effects are observed after 28 days of immersion in SBF. EDS results show the presence of oxygen after corrosion studies. XPS spectra from the implanted samples show the presence of nitride and oxynitride on the surface and formation of oxide due to corrosion process.

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The work was carried out under the CSIR network project on Nanostructured Advanced Materials NWP-51-02. The authors would like to thank the Director, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore for his support and permission to publish the work. The authors would like to thank Mr. Siju, Mr. N.T. Manikandanath and Mrs. S. Latha, NAL for the EDS, Micro Raman spectroscopy analysis and optical microscopy.

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Mohan, L., Anandan, C. & William Grips, V.K. Investigation of electrochemical behavior of nitrogen implanted Ti–15Mo–3Nb–3Al alloy in Hank’s solution. J Mater Sci: Mater Med 24, 623–633 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10856-012-4835-8

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