Alloying of Mg with rare-earth(RE)elements proved to be beneficial for their in-vitro and in-vivo performance.In this work,a novel WN43(Mg-4 wt%Y-3 wt%Nd)alloy with a well-defined composition was prepared,where,unlike...Alloying of Mg with rare-earth(RE)elements proved to be beneficial for their in-vitro and in-vivo performance.In this work,a novel WN43(Mg-4 wt%Y-3 wt%Nd)alloy with a well-defined composition was prepared,where,unlike in the commercial WE43 alloy,the possibly harmful RE mischmetal was substituted by less toxic Nd.A modern spark plasma sintering(SPS)technique was used to effectively produce WN43 samples from atomized powders.Sintering temperatures of 400℃-550℃ and holding times of 3 or 10 min were used and wellcompacted final materials were successfully prepared.It was shown that a superior combination of corrosion and mechanical properties was attained in the samples sintered at 500℃ and 550℃,while the effect of sintering time was rather negligible.The performance of this material was exceptional within the group of Mg alloys prepared by powder metallurgy and comparable with conventionally prepared alloys.Moreover,it was shown that a great variety of mechanical and corrosion characteristics can be obtained by altering the SPS parameters so as to fulfill case-specific requirements typical of biomedical materials.Consequently,the novel WN43 alloy prepared by SPS seems to be a particularly suitable material for biomedical use.展开更多
基金financially supported by the Czech Science Foundation under the project GA18–19213YPartial financial support by ERDF,project No.CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15003/0000485 additional financial support by the Charles University Grant Agency under the grant 410119partial financial support from OP RDE,MEYS,grant No.CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16013/0001794。
文摘Alloying of Mg with rare-earth(RE)elements proved to be beneficial for their in-vitro and in-vivo performance.In this work,a novel WN43(Mg-4 wt%Y-3 wt%Nd)alloy with a well-defined composition was prepared,where,unlike in the commercial WE43 alloy,the possibly harmful RE mischmetal was substituted by less toxic Nd.A modern spark plasma sintering(SPS)technique was used to effectively produce WN43 samples from atomized powders.Sintering temperatures of 400℃-550℃ and holding times of 3 or 10 min were used and wellcompacted final materials were successfully prepared.It was shown that a superior combination of corrosion and mechanical properties was attained in the samples sintered at 500℃ and 550℃,while the effect of sintering time was rather negligible.The performance of this material was exceptional within the group of Mg alloys prepared by powder metallurgy and comparable with conventionally prepared alloys.Moreover,it was shown that a great variety of mechanical and corrosion characteristics can be obtained by altering the SPS parameters so as to fulfill case-specific requirements typical of biomedical materials.Consequently,the novel WN43 alloy prepared by SPS seems to be a particularly suitable material for biomedical use.
