Abstract: The corrosion behavior of surgery medical materials commercially pure Ti (abridged as CPTi ) and Ti6Al4V alloy in Ringer's artificial body fluid was studied with electrochemical methods. The results show that no pitting corrosion is found on these two alloys. The passivation current density of CPTi is lower than that of Ti6Al4V, which indicates that the former's anodic polarization capacity is better than the latter's. With the polarization potential over than 2 000 mV(vs SCE), the crevice corrosion happens on Ti6Al4V alloy sample. However that is not found on CPTi sample when the potential is 4 000 mV(vs SCE). The EPMA analysis of Ti6Al4V alloy crevice corrosive sample shows that Al and V actively dissolve, then migrate and electrically deposit.
Corrosion behavior of commercially pure Ti and Ti6Al4V alloy in artificial body fluid
Abstract:
The corrosion behavior of surgery medical materials commercially pure Ti (abridged as CPTi ) and Ti6Al4V alloy in Ringer's artificial body fluid was studied with electrochemical methods. The results show that no pitting corrosion is found on these two alloys. The passivation current density of CPTi is lower than that of Ti6Al4V, which indicates that the former's anodic polarization capacity is better than the latter's. With the polarization potential over than 2 000 mV (vs SCE) , the crevice corrosion happens on Ti6Al4V alloy sample. However that is not found on CPTi sample when the potential is 4 000 mV (vs SCE) . The EPMA analysis of Ti6Al4V alloy crevice corrosive sample shows that Al and V actively dissolve, then migrate and electrically deposit. [