Effect of pickling and mechanical surface treatment methods on adhesion strength of Ti oxide layer formed on Titanium alloy substrate

• Main Authors: Izman, S., Abdul-Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq, Anwar, Mahmood, Nazim, E. M., Khor, E. K., Konneh, Mohamed
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: TS Manufactures
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/14249/1/Effect_of_Pickling.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/14249/; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5746719&refinements%3D4280807372%26sortType%3Dasc_p_Sequence%26filter%3DAND%28p_IS_Number%3A5746661%29
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Titanium alloys are commonly used in biomedical application in hard tissues replacement especially for knee and hip implants but facing huge wear debris due to continuous cyclic contact within the joints of the implants. Diamond coating is a potential solution for improving the tribological and wear...