DOI : https://doi.org/10.18517/ijaseit.5.4.556

The Effects of Short-Time Solution Treatment and Short-Time Aging on Mechanical Properties of Ti-6Al-4V for Orthopaedic Applications

Abdul Ajiz (1), Gunawarman Gunawarman (2), Jon Affi (3)
(1) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Andalas University, Limau Manis-Pauh, Padang, 25137, Indonesia
(2) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Andalas University, Limau Manis-Pauh, Padang, 25137, Indonesia
(3) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Andalas University, Limau Manis-Pauh, Padang, 25137, Indonesia
Fulltext View | Download
How to cite (IJASEIT) :
Ajiz, Abdul, et al. “The Effects of Short-Time Solution Treatment and Short-Time Aging on Mechanical Properties of Ti-6Al-4V for Orthopaedic Applications”. International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology, vol. 5, no. 4, Aug. 2015, pp. 329-34, doi:10.18517/ijaseit.5.4.556.
Citation Format :
The Ti-6Al-4Valloy is currently utilized as structural materials in artiï¬cial hip and knee joints, bone plates and screws, and artiï¬cial dental roots. It is mainly used in implants that replace hard tissue because has a high strength, good corrosion resistance, high biocompatibility compared to other conventional metallic biomaterials such as stainless steel and Co-Cr-Moalloys.The Ti-6Al-4V alloy with low Young’s modulus equivalent  to that of the cortical  bone is a simultaneously required in order to inhibit  bone absorption.Byshort-time solution treatment and subsquent short-time aging, the mechanical properties of  Ti-6Al-4V alloy can be improvedwhile maintaining a low Young’s modulus. The result showed optimum heat treatments were solution treatment at930 oC (1203 K) for 60 sand subsquent aging at 530 oC (803 K) for 40 s; the yield strength and tensile strength improved without reduction in ductility. Their maximum improvement rates of reached 21,6% and 21,1%, respectively and the Young’s modulus reduced  with maximum rates of reached 12%.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

    1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
    2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
    3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).