Porous Titanium for Biomedical Applications: Evaluation of the Conventional Powder Metallurgy Frontier and Space-Holder Technique

Autor: Sergio Muñoz Moreno, Yadir Torres Hernández, Paloma Trueba Muñoz, José Antonio Rodriguez Ortiz, Sheila Lascano, Cristina Mora, Isabel Montealegre-Meléndez
Přispěvatelé: Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Ingeniería y Ciencia de los Materiales y del Transporte
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Materials science
finite element method
chemistry.chemical_element
Modulus
02 engineering and technology
lcsh:Technology
01 natural sciences
mechanical behaviour
lcsh:Chemistry
Powder metallurgy
0103 physical sciences
medicine
General Materials Science
titanium
Composite material
Porosity
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Instrumentation
010302 applied physics
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
loose sintering
lcsh:T
Process Chemistry and Technology
General Engineering
Stiffness
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
lcsh:QC1-999
Finite element method
Computer Science Applications
powder metallurgy
medicine.anatomical_structure
lcsh:Biology (General)
lcsh:QD1-999
chemistry
lcsh:TA1-2040
Cortical bone
medicine.symptom
lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
0210 nano-technology
lcsh:Physics
Hardening (computing)
Titanium
biomaterials
Zdroj: idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
instname
idUS: Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Applied Sciences
Volume 9
Issue 5
Applied Sciences, Vol 9, Iss 5, p 982 (2019)
Popis: Titanium and its alloys are reference materials in biomedical applications because of their desirable properties. However, one of the most important concerns in long-term prostheses is bone resorption as a result of the stress-shielding phenomena. Development of porous titanium for implants with a low Young&rsquo
s modulus has accomplished increasing scientific and technological attention. The aim of this study is to evaluate the viability, industrial implementation and potential technology transfer of different powder-metallurgy techniques to obtain porous titanium with stiffness values similar to that exhibited by cortical bone. Porous samples of commercial pure titanium grade-4 were obtained by following both conventional powder metallurgy (PM) and space-holder technique. The conventional PM frontier (Loose-Sintering) was evaluated. Additionally, the technical feasibility of two different space holders (NH4HCO3 and NaCl) was investigated. The microstructural and mechanical properties were assessed. Furthermore, the mechanical properties of titanium porous structures with porosities of 40% were studied by Finite Element Method (FEM) and compared with the experimental results. Some important findings are: (i) the optimal parameters for processing routes used to obtain low Young&rsquo
s modulus values, retaining suitable mechanical strength
(ii) better mechanical response was obtained by using NH4HCO3 as space holder
and (iii) Ti matrix hardening when the interconnected porosity was 36&ndash
45% of total porosity. Finally, the advantages and limitations of the PM techniques employed, towards an industrial implementation, were discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE