Abstract
In view of the urgent demands of shape memory alloys (SMAs) for biomedical applications due to the world population aging issue, the mechanical properties and functionalities of the biocompatible Ti–Au–Cr–based SMAs, which are tailored by Ta additions, have been developed in this study. The quaternary SMAs were successfully manufactured by physical metallurgy techniques and their mechanical properties and functionalities were examined. In the continuous tensile tests, it was found that the correlation between the yielding strength and phase stability followed a typical trend of mechanical behavior of SMAs, showing the lowest yielding strength at the metastable β–parent phase. Functional mappings between the alloy strength and elongation revealed that compared to the Ta–free specimen, the ductility was promoted 50% while the strength remained intact through the 4 at.% introduction of Ta. Slight shape recovery was observed in the cyclic loading–unloading tensile tests during the unloading process and the highest shape recovery was found in the Ti–4 at.% Au–5 at.% Cr–4 at.% Ta specimen. This indicates that the 4 at.% Ta tailored Ti–Au–Cr SMAs could be a promising material for biomedical applications.
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