A new series of Co80-x-yCrxMoyP14B6 (x=5 y=5; x=5 y=10; x=10 y=10, all values in at.%) bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) with a maximum diameter of 1.5mm has been developed for using them as potential bio-implant materials by a combination of fluxing treatment and J-quenching technique. The performance of the present Co-based BMGs in biomedical implant applications was investigated as compared to th...

Thermal treatment or hyperthermia has received considerable attention in recent years due to its high efficiency, safety and relatively few side-effects. In this study, we investigated whether it was possible to utilize targeted thermal or instent thermal treatments for the treatment of restenosis following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) through magnetic stent hyperthermi...

Complex two-component peak of anelastic mechanical losses was observed in multicomponent substitutional austenitic alloys after prior plastic deformation. In AISI 316L, AISI 316LN, AISI 310 and AISI 304 austenitic stainless steels, this peak is situated in the wide range of temperature from 200 to 400K. Characteristics of the observed peak for different thermo-mechanical treatments were studied...

As the world’s populations increase and age, there is a parallel increase in the number of medical procedures addressed to bone related injuries. It is estimated that approximately 1 million of orthopaedic implant surgeries in association with total joint replacements are needed every year. This number is expected to double between 1999 and 2025 as a result of increasing numbers of musculoskele...

objective(s):  titanium oxides are known to be appropriate hemocompatible materials which are suggested as coatings for blood-contacting devices. little is known about the influence of nanometric crystal structure, layer thickness, and semiconducting characteristics of tio2 on blood hemostasis.   materials and methods: having used sol-gel dip coating method in this study, tio2 thin films were d...

Surface smoothness is one of the properties determining the performance of stents. Therefore, surface polishing shows its importance in the exploitation and production of stents. The present study explores electrochemical polishing of 316L stainless steel slotted tube coronary stents produced by laser cutting. Acid pickling was also studied as a pre-treatment of electrochemical polishing of the...

In the present research, friction stir welding (FSW) process was used for butt joining of pure copper plate to 316L stainless steel plate. Mechanical properties and microstructural characteristics of the joint were evaluated by microhardness and tensile tests as well as optical and scanning electron microscope (SEM). It was found that microstructure of the weld nugget (WN) has fine grains where...

Environment safety measurements have resulted in use of peroxide as bleaching chemical in place of chlorine and chlorine dioxide. Concentration and composition of chemicals affects corrosion aspects, the suitability of existing plant metallurgy and materials of construction of bleach plants. Accordingly long term immersion and electrochemical corrosion tests were conducted on stainless steel 30...

In order to further enhance tribological properties 316 Low carbon stainless steel (L SS) used on mechanical parts. CrN/TiN with DC magnetron sputtering sources was carried out on PVD 316 L SS. The micro structure of the CrN/TiN coatings were investigated by Scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and tribology properties were investigated on a Pin on Disc friction and wear ...

The objectives of this work are to study Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS TM ) produced materials and identify the microstructures. Numerical method was used to examine the influence of materials’ type and LENS TM process parameters on the forming of the specific microstructures from thermodynamics and fluid dynamics point of view. Samples of 316L stainless steel were examined, microstructure...