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Dry Sliding Wear Behavior of Ti–6Al–4V Implant Alloy Subjected to Various Surface Treatments

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Titanium alloys are extensively used in various fields of engineering, medicine, aerospace, marine due to their excellent mechanical properties. Their usage is more pronounced today in the field of biomedical implants due to superior biocompatibility, corrosive resistance and high strength. However, titanium alloys have poor wear resistance due to high coefficient of friction. Poor abrasive wear resistance results in the formation of wear debris at the implant area causing toxicity, inflammation and pain. Surface treatment of the implant alloy through heat treatment, application of protective coatings and introduction of compressive residual stresses by shotpeening are some of the methods to mitigate wear of the implant alloy. In this work Ti–6Al–4V implant alloy is treated under various conditions of heat treatment and shotpeening operations on a pin on disc wear testing machine. Scanning electron micrograph along with energy dispersive spectrometry analysis is done to authenticate the experimental results obtained during the wear testing procedure.

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  1. Research Scholar in Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, A.P., India

    B. K. C. Ganesh

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering (Autonomous), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India

    N. Ramanaih

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, L. B. R. College of Engineering, Mylavaram Vijayawada, A.P., India

    P. V. Chandrasekhar Rao

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Ganesh, B.K.C., Ramanaih, N. & Chandrasekhar Rao, P.V. Dry Sliding Wear Behavior of Ti–6Al–4V Implant Alloy Subjected to Various Surface Treatments. Trans Indian Inst Met 65, 425–434 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-012-0147-4

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