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MANUFACTURE OF A BIOCOMPATIBLE CERMET THAT CAN REPLACE

TITANIUM ALLOY L-7301 (TI-6AL-4V

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Pedagogical and Technological University of
Colombia, Tunja, Colombia

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 Index of contents

 Introduction

 Problem Statement

 Proposed solution

 Results and conclusions

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 Introduction
• The growing development of implants • By combining a metal and a ceramic we
throughout history has prompted the use obtain the cermets. Making the
of new materials that are compatible with manufacture of the cermet (TI-NEW
the body. MATERIAL-VANADIUM) and replacing the
• Ti6al4v alloy (Grade 5) is the most widely aluminum with a new ceramic material,
used of all alpha-beta titanium alloys. It we want to obtain the same properties of
has a combination of high strength wear resistance, hardness, elastic limit
properties, corrosion resistance and low and resistance than the L-7301 alloy. [2].
weight. [1].
• The present work aims to find a material
• Ceramics tend to be less expensive than
metal alloys, they were already used a with similar properties to those of
long time ago, but were discontinued due aluminum alloy L-7301 through CES
to relatively high rates of fractures and Edupack software, in addition to using the
loss of integration. manufacturing principles of a cermet,
complying with the proposed objectives.

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 Problem Statement

Biocompatibilities the ability of a material to act adequately in a biological environment (in a

human being or another living being), the materials that possess such property are called
biomaterials.

What is the optimal material that should be added to the

Pure titanium or its alloys are necessary The idea of replacing one of the components
used titanium
in dental and alloy L 7301
bone implants, due(Ti-6Al-4V), when
to its of said alloy you want
with a material tosimilar
with very
biocompatibility and osseointegration. properties but that is much cheaper.
replace the aluminum by making the alloy using a
Due to powder metallurgical
their characteristics, technique, without affecting
the properties
and properties
manufacturing ofsuch asalloys
titanium service
are temperature, modulus of
usually very expensive. In addition, the
Flexion,
materials that areYoung's
componentsmodulus,
of the series compressive strength and
are multiple for those that are usually more
expensive.
durability in different environments?

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 Proposed solution
With the help of the CES Edupack
software and its tools we look for
materials that manage to meet properties
similar to the components that make up
the alloy and whose price is lower. That is
why we decided to change aluminum to
alumina and propose the manufacture of a
cermet by powder metallurgy.
When doing the search, we observed that
alumina was always in areas of the
materials that were suitable for the
replacement of aluminum, in addition to
this it has a lower price, it has similar
mechanical and physical characteristics
and can help to control temperatures for
thermal treatments that control the
microstructure and phases of the titanium
alloy.
When analyzing the properties of each
component of this alloy indisputably, we
cannot change the titanium since this is the
main component of the alloy which gives us
excellent mechanical and physical properties
such as stiffness and low weight that are of
vital importance for the implants.
Aluminum instead increases the temperature
of the transformation between the alpha and
beta phases and vanadium decreases that
temperature, making an intermediate
temperature for the heat treatments that are
applied to this alloy which vary the amounts
and microstructure of the phases alpha and
beta.
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 Results and conclusions

The material that was most suitable according to the CES Edu Pack program
was alumina with 94% purity. It present properties similar to the aluminum of
the L 7301 alloy and also proved to be more economical.

It is possible to select a material that can be used as a matrix in the cermet

manufacture using Titanium and Vanadium to obtain the biocompatibility and
mechanical properties that are needed.

In the process of searching for the material, some materials were found that
would also be used to manufacture the cermet, but we took the alumina with
94% purity for its properties and also for its price that would make the implant
more affordable for people with low economic resources.

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