Correlation between the formation of tribofilm and repassivation in biomedical titanium alloys during tribocorrosion

Titanium alloys are widely used in the field of orthopaedics, however, poor tribological performance arising from the low shear resistance and weak protection of the oxide layer limits their applicability. In this work, the tribocorrosion behaviour of novel β and α + β biomedical titanium alloys were studied in bovine serum solution under open circuit potential. Ti-5Mo-Fe-3Sn and Ti-6Al-4V ELI alloys were found to have the capability to...