Journal
JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS
Volume 20, Issue -, Pages 137-148Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.01.019
Keywords
Tribocorrosion; Titanium; Wear; Powder metallurgy; Fluoride
Funding
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion of the Spanish government [MAT2011-22481]
- Comunidad Valenciana [GRISOLIAP/2010/038]
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Titanium and its alloys are widely used as dental implants due to their low density, excellent biocompatibility, mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. However, during their lifetime Ti6Al4V biomedical alloys are subjected to different mechanical actions (i.e., sliding or fretting), thus resulting in a tribocorrosion system, which is an irreversible material degradation process due to the combined effect of corrosion and wear. In this study, the tribo-electrochemical behavior of cast and sintered (by powder metallurgy) Ti6Al4V alloy in artificial human saliva solution without and with fluoride additions of 100 ppm and 1000 ppm and in an average industrial mouth wash solution with a 112 ppm fluoride content have been investigated by different electrochemical techniques. The same tribocorrosion mechanisms were found in the cast and sintered titanium alloys, although slightly different wear debris behavior was observed. At low applied passive potentials, wear rates are similar to those obtained under equilibrium conditions (Open Circuit Potential). There exists a critical fluoride concentration above which corrosion and tribocorrosion rates increase. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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