Effect of Replacing Vanadium by Niobium and Iron on the Tribological Behavior of HIPed Titanium Alloys

doi:10.1007/s40195-017-0652-x

Abstract

Abstract:

This study aims to examine the effect of replacing vanadium by niobium and iron on the tribological behavior of hot-isostatic-pressed titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) biomaterial, using a ball-on-disk-type oscillating tribometer, under wet conditions using physiological solution in accordance with the ISO7148 standards. The tests were carried out under a normal load of 6 N, with an AISI 52100 grade steel ball as a counter face. The morphological changes and structural evolution of the nanoparticle powders using different milling times (2, 6, 12 and 18 h) were studied. The morphological characterization indicated that the particle and crystallite size continuously decrease with increasing milling time to reach the lowest value of 4 nm at 18-h milling. The friction coefficient and wear rate were lower in the samples milled at 18 h (0.226, 0.297 and 0.423; and 0.66 × 10^-2, 0.87 × 10^-2 and 1.51 × 10^-2 μm³ N^-1 μm^-1) for Ti-6Al-4Fe, Ti-6Al-7Nb and Ti-6Al-4V, respectively. This improvement in friction and wear resistance is attributed to the grain refinement at 18-h milling. The Ti-6Al-4Fe samples showed good tribological performance for all milling times.

Key words: Tribological behavior, Titanium alloys, Wear testing, Nanotribology, Milling time, Hot isostatic pressing (HIPing)

Mamoun Fellah, Linda Aissani, Mohammed Abdul Samad, Alain Iost, Touhami Mohamed Zine, Alex Montagne, Corinne Nouveau. Effect of Replacing Vanadium by Niobium and Iron on the Tribological Behavior of HIPed Titanium Alloys[J]. Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters), 2017, 30(11): 1089-1099.

Figures/Tables 9

Fig. 1 SEM micrographs of a Ti-6Al-4V, b Ti-6Al-7Nb, c Ti-6Al-4Fe powders particles after different milling times

Fig. 2 XRD patterns of milled titanium powders alloys versus: a 2-h and b 18-h milling

Fig. 3 Average crystallite sizes 〈D〉 (nm) of titanium powder alloy mixtures versus milling time

Fig. 4 Lattice parameters (?) a and c for hcp and a for bcc versus milling time for titanium powder alloys

Fig. 5 Vickers hardness values of titanium alloys versus milling time

Fig. 6 Friction coefficients of milled titanium alloys versus sliding distance

Fig. 7 Mean friction coefficients of titanium alloys under different milling times

Fig. 8 Evolution of a wear volume (×106 μm3), b wear rate (×10-2 μm3 N-1 μm-1) of milled titanium alloys under different milling times

Fig. 9 SEM micrographs corresponding to the worn surfaces of a as-received, b 18-h milled titanium alloys

References

[1]	A. Lisiecki, Metals 5(1), 54 (2015)
[2]	A. Lisiecki, Adv. Mater. Res. 1036, 411(2014)
[3]	A. Churakova, D. Gunderov, A. Lukyanov, N. Nollmann, Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 28(10), 1230(2015)
[4]	Y.C. Lin, H.M. Chen, Y.C. Chen, Mater. Des. 54, 222(2014)
[5]	M. Nouari, H. Makich, Metals 4, 335 (2014)
[6]	M. Fellah, M. Laba?z, O. Assala, A. Iost, Comportement électrochimique de deux prothèses totales de hanche en acier AISI 316L et en alliage de Ti-6A-7Nb, in: Congrès Matériaux 2014 (09- Matériaux et santé), Fédération Fran?aise des Matériaux (FFM) Montpellier, France
[7]	G.J. Feng, Z.R. Li, R.H. Liu, S.C. Feng, Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 28(4), 405(2015)
[8]	M. Fellah, L. Aissani, M. Abdul Samed, S. Mechacheti, M.Z. Touhami, A. Montagne, Trans. IMF 95(05), 261 (2017)
[9]	S.M. Yu, D.X. Liu, X.H. Zhang, C.S. Liu, Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 29(8), 782(2016)
[10]	G. Moskal, A. Grabowski, A. Lisiecki, Solid State Phenom. 226, 121(2015)
[11]	Z.Y. He, L. Zhang, W.R. Shan, Y.Q. Zhang, Y.H. Jiang, R. Zhou, J. Tan, Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 29(11), 1073(2016)
[12]	T. He, R. Hu, T.B. Zhang, J.S. Li, Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 29(8), 714(2016)
[13]	M. Fellah, M. Laba?z, O. Assala, L. Dekhil, A. Iost, J. Biomater. Nanobiotechnol. 4(4), 374(2013)
[14]	M. Fellah, M. Laba?z, O. Assala, A. Iost, Comparative tribological study of biomaterials AISI 316L and Ti6Al7Nb, in 40th leeds-lyon symposium on tribology & tribochemistry. Forum 40, 14928 (2013)
[15]	M.F. Lopez, J.A. Jimenez, A. Gutierrez, Electrochim. Acta 48, 1395 (2003)
[16]	C. Elschner, C. Noack, C. Preissler, A. Krause, U. Scheler, U. Hempel, J. Mater. Sci. Technol. 31(5), 427(2015)
[17]	M. Fellah, M. Laba?z, O. Assala, L. Dekhil, A. Iost, Matériaux Tech. 102(6-7), 606(2014)
[18]	M. Fellah, M. Laba?z, O. Assala, L. Dekhil, A. Taleb, H. Rezzag, A. Iost, Adv. Tribol. 2014(ID 451387), 1(2014). doi: 10.1155/2014/451387
[19]	M. Geetha, U.K. Mudali, A.K. Gogia, R. Asokamani, B. Raj, Corros. Sci. 46, 877-892 (2004)
[20]	G.Q. Wang, Z.B. Zhao, B.B. Yu, J.R. Liu, Q.J. Wang, J.H. Zhang, R. Yang, J.W. Li, Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 30(5), 499(2017)
[21]	G. Crowley, Adv. Mater. Process. 161, 25(2003)
[22]	M. Fellah, M. Abdul Samed, M. Laba?z, O. Assala, L. Dekhil, A. Iost, Effect to replacement of V by Nb and Fe on the tribological behavior of biomedical titanium alloys, in 2 èmes journées scientifiques franco-maghrébines (Université d’Annaba, Algérie, 2015)
[23]	N. Ao, D.X. Liu, S.X. Wang, Q. Zhao, X.H. Zhang, M.M. Zhang, J. Mater. Sci. Technol. 32(10), 1071(2016)
[24]	M. Geetha, A. Singh, R. Asokamani, A. Gogia, Prog. Mater Sci. 54(3), 397(2009)
[25]	G. Golański, J. S?ania, Arch. Metall. Mater. 58(1), 25(2013)
[26]	M. Fellah, M. Laba?z, O. Assala, L. Dekhil, A. Iost, Tribol. Mater. Surf. Interfaces 7(3), 135 (2013)
[27]	L. Blacha, J. Mizera, P. Folega, Metalurgija 53(1), 51 (2014)
[28]	T. W?grzyn, J. Piwnik, Arch. Metall. Mater. 57(2), 539(2012)
[29]	L. Aissani, M. Fellah, C. Nouveau, M. Abdul Samed, A. Montagne, A. Iost, Surf. Eng. 33(09), 1(2017)
[30]	C.J. Alves, C. Guerra Neto, G. Morais, C. Da Silva, V. Hajek, Surf. Coat. Technol. 194(2-3), 196(2005)
[31]	X. Liu, P. Chu, C. Ding, Mater. Sci. Eng., R 47, 49 (2004)
[32]	M. Fellah, M. Labaiz, O. Assala, S. Abdul, I. Alain, N. Sassane, Experimental study of new titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4Fe for biomedical application, in Proceeding of 2 ICM’2015, Université des Frères Mentouri Constantine, 2015
[33]	L. Bolzoni, E.M. Ruiz-Navas, E. Neubauer, E. Gordo, Mater. Chem. Phys. 131(3), 672(2012)
[34]	A. Ibrahim, Z.A. Hamid, Mater. Sci. Eng., A 52, 766 (2010)
[35]	M. Fellah, M. Laba?z, O. Assala, L. Dekhil, A. Iost, Trends Biomater. Artifi. Organs 29(01), 22 (2015)
[36]	E.H. Jordan, M. Gell, Y.H. Sohn, Mater. Sci. Eng., A 301, 809 (2001)
[37]	W. Tian, Y. Wang, Y. Yang, Tribol. Int. 43, 876(2010)
[38]	D. Goberman, Y.H. Sohn, L. Shaw, Acta Mater. 50, 114152(2002)
[39]	K. Moussaoui, M. Mousseigne, J. Senatore, R. Chieragatti, F. Monies, Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Technol. 67, 1477(2013)
[40]	J. Sun, Y. Guo, J. Mater. Process. Technol. 209, 4036(2009)
[41]	M. Fellah, M. Laba?z, O. Assala, A. Iost, Comparative friction and wear behavior between titanium alloys Ti-6Al-7Nb and Ti-6A1-4V, in Proceeding of 5 th World Tribology Congress, WTC 2013, Editeur Politecnico di Torino (DIMEAS), vol. 1, p. 470(2013)
[42]	X. Wang, L.Y. Chen, D. Kee, S. Xiao, F.T. Kong, Z.Z. Liu, Trans. Nonferrous Met. Soc. 22, 608(2012)
[43]	K. Moussaoui, M. Mousseigne, J. Senatore, R. Chieragatti, P. Lamesle, Metals 5, 1148 (2015)
[44]	W. Dai, S. Liang, Y. Luo, Q. Yang, Int. J. Refract. Metals. Hard Mater. 50, 240(2015)
[45]	M. Fellah, O. Assala, M. Labaiz, Comparative Study on Tribological Behavior of Ti-6Al-7Nb and SS AISI 316L alloys, for Total Hip Prosthesis, TMS 2014 Supplemental Proceeding, vol. 32 (Wiley, Hoboken, 2014), pp. 237-246
[46]	A. Attanasio, M. Gelfi, A. Pola, E. Ceretti, C. Giardini, Materials 6, 4268 (2013)
[47]	R.P. Guo, L. Xu, B.Y.P. Zong, Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 30, 735(2017)
[48]	L.J. Xu, Y.Y. Chen, Z.G. Liu, F.T. Kong, J. Alloys Compd. 453, 320(2008)
[49]	J. Wu, R.P. Guo, L. Xu, Z.G. Lu, Y.Y. Cui, R. Yang, J. Mater. Sci. Technol. 33(2), 172(2017)
[50]	M. Fellah, L. Aissani, M. Labaiz, C. Nouveau, Synthesis, microstructural and tribological characterization of calcined nano-bioceramic α-al2O3, sintered at different temperatures, in Proceeding de Colloque Indentation 2016. Lille Groupe d’Indentation Multi Echelle Nord Pas-de-Calais, 12-14 Oct 2016
[51]	C. Suryanarayana, T. Klassen, E. Ivanov, J. Mater. Sci. 46, 6301(2011)
[52]	R. Amini, H. Shokrollahi, M.J. Hadianfard, M. Marasi, T. Sritharan, J. Alloys Compd. 480, 617(2009)
[53]	F. Luká, M. Vilémová, B. Nevrlá, J. Kleˇcka, T. Chráska, Metals 7(3), 1 (2017)
[54]	M. Razavi, M.R. Rahimipour, A.H. Rajabi, J. Alloys Compd. 436, 142(2000)
[55]	C. Suryanarayana, G.H. Chen, A. Frefer, F.H. Froes, Mater. Sci. Eng., A 158, 93 (1992)
[56]	J. Morales-Hernández, J. Velázquez-Salazar, L. García-González, J. Alloys Compd. 388(2), 266(2005)
[57]	D. Mareci, D. Sutiman, A. Cailean, Environ. Eng. Manag. J. 7(6), 701(2008)
[58]	M. Ghadimi, A. Shokuhfar, Int. J. Adv. Des. Manuf. Technol. 5(5), 25(2012)
[59]	M.R. Farhang, A.R. Kamali, M. Nazarian-Samani, Mater. Sci. Eng., B, 168(1), 136 (2010)
[60]	M. Fellah, M. Abdul Samed, M. Laba?z, O. Assala, L. Dekhil, A. Iost, Tribol. Int. 91, 151(2015)
[61]	J.W. Elmer, T.A. Palmer, S.S. Babub, E.D. Specht, Mater. Sci. Eng., A 391, 104 (2005)
[62]	M. Fellah, Sliding friction and wear performance of the nano-bioceramic α-Al2O3 prepared by high energy milling, in ed. by A. Vencl Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Tribology -SERBIATRIB’15, published by Serbian Tribology Society, Kragujevac, 13-15 May 2015, pp. 485-498
[63]	M. Fellah, L. Aissani, M. Abdulsamed, Trends Biomater. Artif. Organs 30(2), 106 (2016)
[64]	P. Xie, H.Y. Zhao, B. Wu, S.L. Gong, Acta Metall. Sin. 28(7), 922(2015)
[65]	G.S. Zhang, D.F. Guo, M. Li, J.T. Li, Q. Zhang, X.H. Li, X.Y. Zhang, Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 30(5), 493(2017)