Title
Obtention of nb47ti and ti13nb13zr alloys powders by hydridedehydride process for additive manufacturing applications
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Falcão R.B.
Bayerlein D.L.
Neto J.B.F.
Landgraf F.J.G.
Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia
Publisher(s)
Trans Tech Publications Ltd
Abstract
In this work, the hydride-dehydride process (HDH) parameters to obtain Nb47Ti and Ti13Nb13Zr alloys powders were investigated, aiming the production of orthopedic implants by additive manufacturing (AM). Nb47Ti and Ti13Nb13Zr alloys were previously obtained by electron beam melting furnace (EBMF). During the hydriding step, the alloys were heated at two activation temperatures, 800 and 1000 °C, under constant hydrogen pressure (1.8 bar), for 40 min followed by a controlled cooling rate step (2 °C/min). The hydride alloys were milled in a ring-type mill, for milling times ranging from 2 to 6 min, until to achieve the required particle size range (between 15 and 45 μm). The dehydriding step of the alloys was carried out under high vacuum at 700 °C for times up to 5 h. The alloys treated under distinct HDH steps were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, dynamic image analysis, inert gas fusion and gravimetry. The alloys hydrides (δTiHx phase) were detected in both investigated activation temperatures, with hydrogen (H) contents up to 3.04 and 3.62 wt.% for the Nb47Ti and Ti13Nb13Zr alloys, respectively. During the hydriding step it was also observed a significant increase of nitrogen (N) and oxygen (O) contents regarding the as-cast alloys. The Nb47Ti alloy showed a lower embrittlement degree than the Ti13Nb13Zr alloy, resulting in higher milling times to reach the required particle size distribution. The higher oxygen pick up was observed during the milling step. After the dehydriding step, the HDH powders showed H contents lower than 0.01 wt.%, beside a significant N decreasing. Particles with irregular (or angular) shapes were obtained. However, the particle size was in the required range.
Start page
343
End page
348
Volume
1012 MSF
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de materiales
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85096483308
Resource of which it is part
Materials Science Forum
ISBN of the container
9783035737462
Conference
23rd Brazilian Conference on Materials Science and Engineering, CBECIMAT 2018 Foz do Iguaçu 4 November 2018 through 8 November 2018
Sponsor(s)
The authors acknowledge IPT (“Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas”), EMBRAPII (“Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa e Inovação Industrial”), CBMM (“Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração”), AACD (“Associação de Assistência à Criança Deficiente”) and FAPESP (“Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo”) for technical and financial supports (grant #2016/50199-6). R. B. Falcão and E. Sallica-Leva also acknowledge FAPESP for post-doctoral research fellowships (grants #2017/20926-6 and #2017/20877-5, respectively).
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