Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1673625 Thin Solid Films 2007 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

Due to the good biocompatibility and tensile yield strength, magnesium alloys are promising in degradable prosthetic implants. The objective of this study is to investigate the corrosion behavior of surgical AZ91 magnesium alloy treated by aluminum, zirconium, and titanium plasma immersion ion implantation and deposition (PIII&D) at 10 kV in artificial physiological fluids. The surface layers show a characteristic intermixed layer and the outer surface are mainly composed of aluminum, zirconium or titanium oxide with a lesser amount of magnesium oxide. Comparing the three sets of samples, aluminum PIII&D significantly shifts the open circuit potential (OCP) to a more positive potential and improves the corrosion resistance at OCP.

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