Improvement on corrosion resistance and biocompability of ZK60 magnesium alloy by carboxyl ion implantation

Xian Wei, Pinduo Liu, Sujie Ma, Zhicheng Li, Xubiao Peng, Rongping Deng, Qing Zhao*

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Abstract

Magnesium alloys have been considered to be potential biocompatible metallic materials. Further improvement on the anti-corrosion is expected to make this type of materials more suitable for biomedical applications in the fields of orthopedics, cardiovascular surgery and others. In this paper, we introduce a method of carboxyl ion (COOH+) implantation to reduce the degradation of ZK60 Mg alloy and improve its functionality in physiological environment. Corrosion experiments and in vitro cytotoxicity tests demonstrate that the ion implantation treatment can both reduce the corrosion rate and improve the biocompatibility of the alloy.

Original languageEnglish
Article number108729
JournalCorrosion Science
Volume173
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2020

Keywords

  • Biocompatibility
  • Corrosion resistance
  • Ion implantation
  • Magnesium alloy

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