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Effect of saline solution environment on the cyclic deformation of Ti-6Al-4V alloy

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The present investigation studies the effect of physiological solution at 37°C on the cyclic deformation behaviour of a Ti-6Al-4V alloy, with a microstructure corresponding to that obtained in the substrate when a sintered metallic porous coating is produced. Cyclic deformation tests have been carried out up to fracture and the fatigue crack nucleation mechanisms have been analysed. Since fatigue is a phenomenon related with plastic deformation, which is enhanced at corrosion and/or at stress concentration sites, cyclic deformation tests conducted at a level of stress above the elastic limit can provide a clear picture of the crack nucleation mechanisms involved.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering (ETSIIB), Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Av. Diagonal 647, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    J. M. Manero, F. J. Gil & J. A. Planell

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Manero, J.M., Gil, F.J. & Planell, J.A. Effect of saline solution environment on the cyclic deformation of Ti-6Al-4V alloy. J Mater Sci: Mater Med 7, 131–134 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121250

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