TY - JOUR
T1 - Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of biomedical Co-Cr-Mo alloy subjected to high-pressure torsion
AU - Isik, Murat
AU - Niinomi, Mitsuo
AU - Cho, Ken
AU - Nakai, Masaaki
AU - Liu, Huihong
AU - Yilmazer, Hakan
AU - Horita, Zenji
AU - Sato, Shigeo
AU - Narushima, Takayuki
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - The effects of severe plastic deformation through high-pressure torsion (HPT) on the microstructure and tensile properties of a biomedical Co-Cr-Mo (CCM) alloy were investigated. The microstructure was examined as a function of torsional rotation number, N and equivalent strain, εeq in the HPT processing. Electron backscatter diffraction analysis (EBSD) shows that a strain-induced martensitic transformation occurs by the HPT processing. Grain diameter decreases with increasing εeq, and the HPT-processed alloy (CCMHPT) for εeq=45 exhibits an average grain diameter of 47nm, compared to 70μm for the CCM alloy before HPT processing. Blurred and wavy grain boundaries with low-angle of misorientation in the CCMHPT sample for εeq<45 become better-defined grain boundaries with high-angle of misorientation after HPT processing for εeq=45. Kernel average misorientation (KAM) maps from EBSD indicate that KAM inside grains increases with εeq for εeq<45, and then decreases for εeq=45. The volume fraction of the ε (hcp) phase in the CCMHPT samples slightly increases at εeq=9, and decreases at εeq=45. In addition, the strength of the CCMHPT samples increases at εeq=9, and then decrease at εeq=45. The decrease in the strength is attributed to the decrease in the volume fraction of ε phase, annihilation of dislocations, and decrease in strain in the CCMHPT sample processed at εeq=45 by HPT.
AB - The effects of severe plastic deformation through high-pressure torsion (HPT) on the microstructure and tensile properties of a biomedical Co-Cr-Mo (CCM) alloy were investigated. The microstructure was examined as a function of torsional rotation number, N and equivalent strain, εeq in the HPT processing. Electron backscatter diffraction analysis (EBSD) shows that a strain-induced martensitic transformation occurs by the HPT processing. Grain diameter decreases with increasing εeq, and the HPT-processed alloy (CCMHPT) for εeq=45 exhibits an average grain diameter of 47nm, compared to 70μm for the CCM alloy before HPT processing. Blurred and wavy grain boundaries with low-angle of misorientation in the CCMHPT sample for εeq<45 become better-defined grain boundaries with high-angle of misorientation after HPT processing for εeq=45. Kernel average misorientation (KAM) maps from EBSD indicate that KAM inside grains increases with εeq for εeq<45, and then decreases for εeq=45. The volume fraction of the ε (hcp) phase in the CCMHPT samples slightly increases at εeq=9, and decreases at εeq=45. In addition, the strength of the CCMHPT samples increases at εeq=9, and then decrease at εeq=45. The decrease in the strength is attributed to the decrease in the volume fraction of ε phase, annihilation of dislocations, and decrease in strain in the CCMHPT sample processed at εeq=45 by HPT.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.11.015
DO - 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.11.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 26774617
AN - SCOPUS:84954206616
VL - 59
SP - 226
EP - 235
JO - Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
JF - Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
SN - 1751-6161
ER -