Effect of pickling process on adhesion strength of Ti oxide layer on titanium alloy substrate

• Main Authors: Sudin, Izman, Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq, Anwar, M., Engku Abu Bakar, Engku Mohammad Nazim, Kuan, L. Y., Khor, E. K.
• Format: Book Section
• Published: Trans Tech Publications 2011
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/28998/; http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.146-147.1621
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Titanium alloys are commonly used in biomedical application in hard tissues replacement especially for knee and hip implants. Surface modifications are required prior to diamond coating process for improving the tribological and wear properties of the titanium alloy. In this study, experiments were...