Corrosion and wear behaviour of highly porous Ti-TiB- $TİN_X$ in situ composites in simulated physiological solution

Abstract

Highly porous Ti matrix composites can be a solution for some of the major clinical concerns for the loadbearing implants such as low tribocorrosion resistance, stress shielding, and lack of biological anchorage. In order torespond to these needs, highly porous Ti-TiB-TiNx in-situ composites were synthesized by pressureless sintering usingBN as reactant and urea as space holder. Corrosion behaviour was investigated at body temperature, in phosphatebuffer saline solution (PBS), by measuring open circuit potential (OCP) and cyclic polarization. Wear behaviour wasstudied in PBS by reciprocating against a 10 mm diameter alumina ball under 3 N of normal load and 1 Hz of frequency.Results showed that the formation of the in-situ reinforcing phases led to an increase on the hardness and on the wearresistance, as well, neither macro porosity nor the reinforcing phases led to localized corrosion.