INFLUENCE OF ISOTHERMAL OXIDATION ON CORROSION RESISTANCE OF TITANIUM IN BOVINE SERUM

The thermal oxidation treatment is an innovative and simple method for modifiying the surface properties of titanium such as enhance corrosion and wear resistance. The effects of isothermal oxidation immersion time on the surface properties and corrosion behavior under bovine serum of cp-Ti were studied in this paper. The treatment was done at 700 o C for 0 to 36 hours in furnace chamber. The surface microhardness, surface roughness, wettability and polarization potentiodynamic corrosion of cp-Ti were determined. The result shows the surface microhardness, surface roughness, wettability and corrosion resistance of the cp-Ti enhanced by isothermal oxidation treatment. The presence of the oxide layer on the surface in the form of TiO 2 rutile and Ti 3 O are responsible to enhance the surface properties and corrosion behavior