Korean Journal of Materials Research, Vol.24, No.2, 111-115, February, 2014
Effect of Milling Time on Pore Size and Distribution of Ti-Nb-Zr Biomaterials with Space Holder Consolidated by Spark Plasma Sintering
E-mail:
Titanium and its alloys are useful for implant materials. In this study, porous Ti-Nb-Zr biomaterials were successfully synthesized by powder metallurgy using a NH4HCO3 as space holder and TiH2 as foaming agent. Consolidation of powder was accomplished by spark plasma sintering process(SPS) at 850 oC under 30 MPa condition. The effect of high energy milling time on pore size and distribution in Ti-Nb-Zr alloys with space holder(NH4HCO3) was investigated by optical microscope(OM), scanning electron microscope(SEM) & energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS) and X-ray diffraction(XRD). Microstructure observation revealed that, a lot of pores were uniformly distributed in the Ti-Nb-Zr alloys as size of about 30^(-100) μm using mixed powder and milled powders. In addition, the pore ratio was found to be about 5-20% by image analysis, using an image analyzer(Image Pro Plus). Furthermore, the physical properties of specimens were improved with increasing milling time as results of hardness, relative density, compressive strength and Young’s modulus. Particularly Young’s modulus of the sintered alloy using 4h milled powder reached 52 GPa which is similar to bone elastic modulus.
- Long M, Rack HJ, Biomater., 19, 1621 (1998)
- Kim HS, Kim WY, Lim SH, Scr. Mater., 54, 887 (2006)
- Takahashi E, Sakurai T, Watanabe S, Masahashi N, S, Mater. Trans., 43, 2978 (2002)
- Elias LM, Schneider SG, Schneider S, Silva HM, Malvisi F, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 432, 108 (2006)
- Kim HS, Lim SH, Yeo ID, Kim WY, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 449, 322 (2007)
- Geetha M, Singh AK, Asokamani R, Gogia AK, Prog. Mater. Sci., 54(3), 397 (2009)
- Elias LM, Schneider SG, Silva HM, Malvisi F, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 432, 108 (2006)
- Nouri, Alireza, Hodgson, Peter D, Wen, Cui'e, in Biomimetics learning from nature, ed. Mukherjee, Amitava (InTech, Rijek, Croatia, 2010)., 415 (2010)
- Woo KD, Kim SM, Kim DG, Kim DY, Kang DS, Korean J. Mater. Res., 23(2), 135 (2013)