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Trans Tech Publications, Solid State Phenomena, (227), p. 443-446, 2015

DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/ssp.227.443

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Effect of Polarization Scan Rate on the Pitting Potential of the Self-Passivated NiTi Shape Memory Alloy in a Simulated Body Fluid

Journal article published in 2015 by Patrycja Osak ORCID, Tomasz Goryczka, Bożena Łosiewicz
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

The pitting potential,Epit, of the passive layer on the implant alloy can be treated as an accelerated laboratory test to assessment a susceptibility to pitting corrosion of metallic biomaterials in simulated body fluids. This study deals with an evaluation ofEpitof the self-passivated TiO2layer formed on the surface of the NiTi implant alloy as a function of the scan rate of polarization. Cyclic potentiodynamic studies were performed in Ringer’s solution at 37°C. It was found out that the more noble value ofEpitin the range of 0.99-2 V was registered at a given polarization scan rate that ranged from 0.16 to 2 mV s-1, the lower susceptibility of the self-passivated NiTi implant alloy to the initiation of pits was detected.