Process for making a work piece having a major phase of &agr;″ from a titanium alloy
US6723189B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 30, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61L27/06
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Quenching a work piece made of a titanium alloy having a temperature higher than 800° C. to a temperature lower than 500° C. at a cooling rate greater than 10° C./second between 800° C. and 500° C. is used to render the cooled work piece containing &agr;″ phase as a major phase. The work piece is preferably a medical implant.
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