High recoverable strain tailoring by Zr adjustment of sintered Ti-13Nb-(0-6)Zr biomedical alloys

Sintered Ti-13Nb-2Zr owned a recoverable strain of as high as 3.7% at room temperature, and Ti-13Nb-4Zr and Ti-13Nb-6Zr exhibited a remarkable recoverable strain of 4.4% at their Ms temperature which was lower than room temperature, indicating that these two alloys have a higher intrinsic recoverable strain and may be further optimized.176