Acid Treatments of Ti-Based Metallic Glasses for Improving Corrosion Resistance in Implant Applications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Metallic Glass Synthesis and Material State Characterization
2.2. Electrochemical Surface Treatment in Nitric Acid Solution and Surface State Analysis
2.3. Corrosion Testing of As-Spun and Surface-Treated Glassy Alloys in Phosphate-Buffered Saline
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of Rapidly Quenched Ti-Based Alloy Samples
3.2. Electrochemical Surface Treatment in Nitric Acid Solution
3.2.1. Potentiodynamic Polarization Studies
3.2.2. Potentiostatic Polarization Measurements and Surface Analysis
3.3. Impact of Surface Treatments of Glassy Alloys on Corrosion Performance in PBS Solution
3.3.1. Electrochemical Analysis of Non-Treated and Treated Glassy Alloys and cp-Ti
3.3.2. SEM Analysis of Corroded Alloy Surfaces after Polarization Measurements in PBS
4. Summary and Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tg (K) | Tx1 (K) | ΔTx (Tx − Tg) (K) | Tx2 | Tx3 | |
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Ti47Cu38Fe2.5Zr7.5Sn2Si1Ag2 | 645 ± 2 | 701 ± 2 | 56 ± 2 | 809 ± 1 | - |
Ti40Zr10Cu34Pd14Sn2 | 686 ± 6 | 728 ± 2 | 54 ± 5 | 798 ± 3 | 828 ± 4 |
Metallic Glass Composition | T /°C | Ecorr /V vs. SCE | icorr /A/cm2 | ianodic (1 V vs. SCE) /A/cm2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ti47Cu38Fe2.5Zr7.5Sn2Si1Ag2 | RT | 0.15 ± 0.01 | 0.11 ± 0.04 × 10−6 | 1.52 ± 0.27 × 10−5 |
Ti47Cu38Fe2.5Zr7.5Sn2Si1Ag2 | 60 | 0.12 ± 0.01 | 32.40 ± 14.56 × 10−6 | 1.31 ± 0.03 × 10−4 |
Ti40Zr10Cu34Pd14Sn2 | RT | 0.70 ± 0.01 | 0.03 ± 0.01 × 10−6 | 1.20 ± 0.14 × 10−6 |
Ti40Zr10Cu34Pd14Sn2 | 60 | 0.43 ± 0.06 | 1.51 ± 1.06 × 10−6 | 1.22 ± 0.26 × 10−5 |
Material | OCPend/ V vs. SCE | icorr/ A/cm2 | Ecorr/ V vs. SCE | ipass/ A/cm2 | Epit/ V vs. SCE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
cp-Ti, polished, air aged | −0.412 ± 0.014 | 0.25 ± 0.16 × 10−7 | −0.283 ± 0.122 | 1.52 ± 0.40 × 10−5 | - |
Ti47Cu38Zr7.5Fe2.5Sn2Si1Ag2 as-spun, air-aged | −0.128 ± 0.016 | 0.31 ± 0.22 × 10−7 | −0.128 ± 0.008 | - | −0.054 ± 0.030 |
Ti40Zr10Cu34Pd14Sn2 as-spun, air-aged | 0.058 ± 0.041 | 0.09 ± 0.02 × 10−7 | 0.017 ± 0.005 | 1.95 ± 0.61 × 10−8 | 0.462 ± 0.025 |
Ti47Cu38Zr7.5Fe2.5Sn2Si1Ag2 treated | −0.017 ± 0.045 | 0.23 ± 0.16 × 10−7 | 0.003 ± 0.012 | 1.17 ± 0.19 × 10−5 | - |
Ti40Zr10Cu34Pd14Sn2 treated | 0.076 ± 0.035 | 0.18 ± 0.06 × 10−7 | 0.054 ± 0.025 | 2.56 ± 0.42 × 10−6 | 0.732 ± 0.024 |
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Fernández-Navas, N.; Shtefan, V.; Hantusch, M.; Gebert, A. Acid Treatments of Ti-Based Metallic Glasses for Improving Corrosion Resistance in Implant Applications. Metals 2024, 14, 241. https://doi.org/10.3390/met14020241
Fernández-Navas N, Shtefan V, Hantusch M, Gebert A. Acid Treatments of Ti-Based Metallic Glasses for Improving Corrosion Resistance in Implant Applications. Metals. 2024; 14(2):241. https://doi.org/10.3390/met14020241
Chicago/Turabian StyleFernández-Navas, Nora, Viktoriia Shtefan, Martin Hantusch, and Annett Gebert. 2024. "Acid Treatments of Ti-Based Metallic Glasses for Improving Corrosion Resistance in Implant Applications" Metals 14, no. 2: 241. https://doi.org/10.3390/met14020241