Author:Popoola, API; Phume, L; Pityana, Sisa L; Aigbodion, VSDate:Jan 2016Ti6Al4V alloy has been widely used for medical implants due to good mechanical properties. For permanent implant applications Ti6Al4V alloy has shown to have low corrosion and wear resistance. Based on these the development of in-situ Ti6Al4V–TiB ...Read more
Author:Popoola, API; Ochonogor, OF; Abdulwahab, M; Pityana, Sisa L; Meacock, CDate:Dec 2012Surface modification of titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) was made using a Rofin Sinar 4 kW Nd: YAG laser. A laser multi-track 50% overlapping process was employed to produce Zr and Zr-TiC metal matrix composite (MMC) coatings on Ti6Al4V substrate. ...Read more
Author:Raganya, Mampai L; Moshokoa, Nthabiseng; Obadele, BA; Machaka, Ronald; Olubambi, PADate:2020Ti-based alloys particularly metastable ß-type Ti alloys have been attracting an increasing attention as crucial biomedical materials in the past few decades due to their moderate strength, good corrosion resistance, good biocompatibility, ...Read more