https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714013007
Processing and properties of Titanium alloy based materials with tailored porosity and composition
1 Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, IIMM and INICIT, Fco. J. Mujica S/N, Morelia, Michoacán, C.P. 58060, México.
2 Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, SIMAP, 38000 Grenoble, France.
3 Universidad de Guadalajara, Departamento de Ingeniería de Proyectos, José Guadalupe Zuno # 48, Jalisco, C.P. 45100, México.
4 Tecnológico Nacional de México, Posgrado de Ciencias en Metalurgia ITM, Av. Tecnológico # 1500, Morelia, C.P. 58120, México.
Published online: 30 June 2017
This paper deals with powder processing of Ti6Al4V titanium alloy based materials with tailored porosity and composition. Ti6Al4V powder was mixed either with salt particles acting as space holder, so as to provide two-scale porosity, or with hard TiN particles that significantly modified the microstructure of the material and increased its hardness. Finally an original three-layer component was produced. Sample microstructure was observed by SEM and micro-tomography with special interest in pore size and shape, inclusion distribution and connectivity. Compression tests provided elastic modulus and yield stress as functions of density. These materials are representative of bone implants subjected to complex biological and mechanical conditions. These results thus open avenues for processing personalized implants by powder metallurgy.
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