Corrosion behavior of nanotubular oxide on the Ti-29Nb-xZr alloy
Jae-Un Kim1, Byung-Hoon Kim, Kang Lee
1Department of Dental Materials and Research Center of Nano-Interface Activation for Biomaterials, School of Dentistry, Chosun University, GwangJu 501-759, Korea.
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
|April 2, 2011
Abstract:
This work reports the corrosion behavior of nanotubular oxide layers on Ti-29Nb-xZr alloys with different compositions by anodization in 1 M H3PO4 + 0.8 wt% NaF. Depending on the alloy composition, nanoporous or highly ordered nanotube structures can be formed. The nanotube oxides on the Ti-29Nb-xZr alloy showed lower corrosion current density compared to non-treated sample.
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