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1.0
0.9
TNZT+ 2B
Figure 9.21.
Wear plots
showing the friction
behavior as a function
of distance of Ti-6Al-
4V ELI and TNZT + 2B
with Si
3
N
4
counterface
balls. [Sonia Samuel et
al.
Wear Resistance of
Laser
Deposited Boride
Reinforced Ti
-
Nb
-
Zr
-
Ta
Alloy Composites for
Orthopedic Implants
(to
appear in Mater. Sci. Eng.
C, 2007)]
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
Ti-6A1-4V
0.2
0.1
0.0
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Distance (m)
(a)
500
μ
m
(b)
Figure 9.22.
(a) Lower
magnifi cation and (b) higher
magnifi cation secondary SEM
images of Ti-6Al-4V ELI wear
tracks after friction studies
using Si
3
N
4
counterface balls.
[Sonia Samuel et al.
Wear
Resistance of Laser Deposited
Boride Reinforced Ti
-
Nb
-
Zr
-
Ta Alloy
Composites for
Orthopedic Implants
(to appear
in Mater. Sci. Eng. C, 2007)]
30
m
μ
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