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Beneficial effect of 4% Ta addition on the corrosion mitigation of Ti–12% Zr alloy after different immersion times in 3.5% NaCl solutions

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Abstract

The recent study reports the fabrication and corrosion behavior of two Ti alloys, 88% Ti–12% Zr and 84% Ti–12% Zr–4% Ta, in 3.5% NaCl electrolyte. These alloys were manufactured using powder metallurgy, where the powders were mixed, ball milled, and sintered. The corrosion behavior of these alloys was examined using various electrochemical and spectroscopic tests. Cyclic polarization experiments indicated that adding 4% Ta reduces corrosion of the TiZr alloy by suppressing anodic dissolution, resulting in a lower corrosion rate. The Nyquist and Bode impedance spectra for the tested alloys revealed that the presence of 4% Ta within TiZr alloy highly decreases the corrosion by increasing the impedance of the interface, the maximum degree of phase angle, and polarization resistance. The chronoamperometric current measured at −0.10 V (Ag/AgCl) proved that the presence of 4% Ta powerfully alleviates both uniform and pitting corrosion for TiZr alloy by lowering the obtained absolute currents. The surface investigation using scanning electron microscopy confirmed the homogeneity of the surfaces. The elemental analysis performed on the surface using energy dispersive spectroscopy revealed that the surface of TiZr alloy forms a top film including different oxides such as TiO2 and ZrO2, and for TiZrTa alloy, the surface has TiO2 + ZrO2 plus TaO2. Experiments demonstrated that Ta has the ability to increase the corrosion passivation of TiZr alloy.

1 Introduction

Ti-base alloys have unique characteristics that make them suitable for a wide range of applications [1,2,3], including in the biomedical field, automotive main and spare parts, aerospace industries, etc. [4,5,6,7]. Ti-base alloys are distinguished by their superior biocompatibility and biodegradability, great corrosion resistance, and exceptional mechanical and tribological properties. Several scientists [7,8,9] have reported the use of titanium aluminum vanadium (Ti6Al4V) alloy as a biomedical material in the replacement of fractured bones, tissue repair, and transplantation procedures in the human bodies. Conversely, some side effects were found while using Ti6Al4V alloy in the human body [8,9,10,11,12]. It was reported that the alloy contains Al and V, which react with the medium in which it is implanted, releasing toxic radicals of Al3+ and V5+. When these active species are released into the patients' bloodstreams, they trigger hazardous reactions and may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease [13,14,15].

Regardless of research and development efforts in the field of artificial tissues for human bodies, there is a need for developing new alloys and composites to overcome the shortcomings of the currently used materials. Several trials have been conducted to avoid the presence of active radicals such as the toxic Al3+ and V5+ cations [16,17]. Wu et al. developed Ti–12Nb–12Zr–12Sn alloy using the machine learning method, namely, an artificial neural network [18]. The addition of Zr to form various Zr percentages of Ti–xZr alloys has been reported by numerous researchers [17,18,19,20,21]. The binary has the same α structure as commercially pure Ti (cp Ti) and is highly compatible with biological fluids [19]. This is because Ti–Zr binary is considered an ideal implant material due to its high resistance to corrosion resistance, outstanding mechanical properties, exceptional biocompatibility, strength, and osseointegration characteristics [21].

It was found that adding 15% Zr to pure Ti enhances corrosion resistance when exposed to simulated body fluid (SBF), and that this effect significantly magnifies the mechanical characteristics of Ti [1]. The effect of adding Zr and Ta to pure Ti, 15% Zr + 2% Ta, has also been reported [2], and it was found to significantly improve the corrosion resistance as compared to Ti and the Ti15% Zr alloy. The addition of Zr and Ta to Ti not only enhances corrosion resistance in SBF solution but also strongly increases the hardness of the alloy [22]. The high corrosion resistance of many Ti-base alloys is due to the development of an oxide (TiO2) film [23,24,25]. For example, TiZr and TiZrTa, TiAlV alloys, it forms not only TiO2 but also other oxides such as ZrO2, TaO2, and VO2 that highly increase their passivation [1,2,26].

The implantation of Zr, Ta, and other alloying elements with Ti, such as Hf, Nb, Sn, and so on, has been investigated to produce different series of alloys from TiZrTaHf and TiTaNbZr [20,26,27,28,29,30,31,32]. The current research aims at the fabrication of two alloys with the following compositions: 88% Ti–12% Zr alloy and 84% Ti–12% Zr–4% Ta alloy. The corrosion of these alloys in solution (3.5% NaCl) was tested after two exposure periods of 30 min and 3 days at room temperature. Various methods were used such as cyclic polarization, impedance spectroscopy, and chronoamperometric currents vs. time. Surface investigations were carried out using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) analyses.

2 Materials and methods

Pure sodium chloride (NaCl, 99.9 purity) was supplied by Merck. To make a liter of 3.5% NaCl solution, weigh 35 g of the NaCl salt and dissolve it in distilled water. A 99.9% pure Ti powder, 99% pure Zr powder, and 99.9% pure Ta were used as received. The particle size of the powders is 5–7, 10, and 10 µm for Ti, Zr, and Ta, respectively. All these powders were obtained from Nanochemazone, Leduc, Alberta, Canada. Different powders were weighed to the desired weight and mixed in a ball mill (high energy). The weighed powders and balls (ball-to-powder ratio was 90:10) were mixed at 150 rpm for 30 min. The mixtures of powders were placed in graphite dies and sintered in a high-frequency heat induction furnace following the procedures described in the earlier studies [1,2].

For corrosion testing, the TiZr alloy and TiZrTa alloy electrodes were welded onto one face using copper wire. The electrodes were placed in an electrically inert epoxy resin. The other face of the mounted electrode was ground with emery sheets of various grits up to 1,000. The corrosion tests were conducted using a three-electrode electrochemical cell with a solution capacity of 60 mL. The three electrodes were the fabricated alloys, Ag/AgCl, and a platinum sheet, which served as the working, reference, and counter, respectively. The Metrohm Autolab model PGSTAT302N was used.

The cyclic polarization plots were obtained from −970 mV to +170 mV, starting from the forward potential, then in the backward directions, and back again at a scan rate of 0.1667 mV/s. The spectra of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) were recorded at the steady potential values ranging from 100 kHz to 100 mHz as the scanning frequency. The EIS points were collected using Powersine software, with a point rate of 10 for every decade variation in frequency. ZSimpWin v.3.1 software was used to fit the EIS data. Chronoamperometric curves were collected at fixed voltage of −100 mV for 30 min. The morphology of the surface was investigated using a JEOL model JSM-7400F SEM (Tokyo, Japan). An attached unit of EDS was used to report the compositions of the surface produced film(s).

3 Results and discussion

3.1 Cyclic potentiodynamic polarization (CPP)

Figure 1 shows the CPP curves for (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa alloy after immersion in 3.5% NaCl solution for 30 min. The CPP method has been widely recognized as the most successful technique for reporting corrosion parameters; besides, it can provide information on the occurrence and intensity of pitting corrosion [1,2,8,33,34,35]. To report the effect of longer immersion times, measurements were repeated for the same alloys after 3 day, as shown in Figure 2. The polarization curves were used to obtain the corrosion parameters listed in Table 1. The extrapolated tangents to the linearized cathodic and anodic current regions were used to calculate the values of the cathodic (β c) and anodic (β a) Tafel slopes, respectively. Other values for E Corr, corrosion potential, and j Corr, corrosion current, were reported in previous studies [33,34,35]. The values of corrosion rate (R Corr) and polarization resistance (R P) were obtained as follows [33,34,35]:

(1) R P = 1 j Corr β c · β a 2.3 ( β c + β a ) ,

(2) R Corr = j Corr k · E W d · A ,

where k is a constant that defines the unit of corrosion rate, k = 3,272 mm (amp/cm/year), E W is the equivalent weight, d is the density, and A is the area. It is worth mentioning that the density of both 88Ti–12Zr alloy and 88Ti–12Zr–4Ta alloy was calculated to be 4.672 and 4.818 g/cm3, respectively. The relative densities for both 88Ti–12Zr alloy and 88Ti–12Zr–4Ta alloy were 99.42 and 97.86%, respectively.

Figure 1 
                  CPP curves for (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa alloy after 30 min exposure to the NaCl solutions.
Figure 1

CPP curves for (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa alloy after 30 min exposure to the NaCl solutions.

Figure 2 
                  CPP curves for (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa alloy in NaCl solutions for 3 days.
Figure 2

CPP curves for (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa alloy in NaCl solutions for 3 days.

Table 1

Values obtained from CPP measurements

Alloy/time β c (mV/dec) E Corr (mV) β a (mV/dec) j Corr (μA/cm2) R P (kΩ/cm2) R Corr (mm/y)
TiZr alloy/30 min 165 −735 188 6.5 5.88 0.0643
TiZrTa alloy/30 min 170 −647 190 3.2 12.2 0.0328
TiZr alloy/3 days 190 −632 180 5.5 7.31 0.0544
TiZrTa alloy/3 days 192 −745 184 2.7 15.1 0.0277

The cathodic branch for all alloys starts with a decrease in current as a result of oxygen reduction. This reaction can be expressed as follows [32,33]:

(3) 2 H 2 O + O 2 + 4 e = 4 OH .

The current continues to decrease till it reaches the j Corr value. Then, the anodic reaction starts, which is known to be a dissolution reaction that might lead to the increase of current. Figure 1 shows that both cathodic and anodic currents for TiZr alloy (curve 1) have higher currents; these currents are highly reduced for TiZrTa alloy (curve 2). The increase of currents for both TiZr and TiZrTa alloys is expected due to the increased application of potential. The higher recorded currents for TiZr alloy as compared to the ones obtained for TiZrTa alloy is due to the presence of Ta, which allows the formation of TaO2 in addition to the formation of TiO2 and ZrO2 that could also present on the surface of TiZr alloy. Table 1 also confirmed that where the value of j Corr (and in accordance R Corr) was higher, as well as the R P value was lower for TiZr alloy. Moreover, the value of E Corr was always less negative for TiZrTa alloy than for TiZr alloy, indicating that the presence of Ta passivates the anodic reactions more than cathodic ones.

Figure 2 shows the polarization behavior of the tested alloys after extending the immersion time in NaCl solution to 3 days, which is nearly identical. The currents (cathodic and anodic) recorded lower values for TiZrTa alloy than the values for TiZr alloy. This was also reflected in j Corr, R P, and R Corr, with TiZrTa alloy having lower j Corr and R Corr values but a larger R P value. The presence of Ta increases the corrosion passivation of TiZr alloy. The effect of increasing immersion duration from 30 min to 3 day can be elucidated by comparing Figures 1 and 2, as well as the values listed in Table 1. The tested alloys showed decreased anodic and cathodic currents versus potential after 3 days of immersion in NaCl solution, compared to their values after 30 min. The j Corr and R Corr for TiZr alloy measured lower values after 3 days of immersion, whereas TiZrTa alloy recorded even lower values after 3 days of immersion. The values of RP in turn scored higher values for both alloys when the time of exposure was extended to 3 days. Prolonging the immersion time has a positive effect on the passivation of TiZr alloy and TiZrTa alloy by the formation and thickening of a mixture of oxide film(s) of TiO2, ZrO2, and TaO2.

3.2 Chronoamperometry

The chronoamperometric current versus time at an anodic potential technique is effective for analyzing corrosion, particularly pitting, in most active metallic materials in aggressive media [36,37,38,39,40]. Figure 3 shows the change in current for 30 min at −0.1 V for (1) TiZr and (2) TiZrTa alloys in NaCl solutions. Figure 3 displays that the current begins with low values and rapidly increases in the first few seconds. This results from the dissolution of a formed surface oxide film during the immersion of the alloys, which is caused by the aggressive action of the chloride solution along with the applied active voltage. It is seen from Figure 3 (curve 1) that the obtained current for TiZr alloy is the highest, where it is abruptly shifted to the higher values and then slightly increased with time. The current fluctuates up and down with an average value of 750 µA/cm2. The increase and then the decrease in the currents result from the dissolution and subsequent formation of oxide(s), and it may also indicate pitting corrosion. TiZrTa alloy performs similarly, where the current started with an abrupt increase followed by a gradual decrease. The overall absolute currents obtained for TiZrTa alloy were far lower than those collected for TiZr alloy. This difference in the absolute currents between the two alloys results from the presence of 4% Ta, which forms an additional TaO2 film. The formation of this oxide, along with the formation of TiO2 and ZrO2, passivates the surface further, which is more than the case in TiZr alloy [1,2,40].

Figure 3 
                  Current recorded at −0.1 V for (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa alloy exposed to NaCl solutions for 30 min.
Figure 3

Current recorded at −0.1 V for (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa alloy exposed to NaCl solutions for 30 min.

Figure 4 shows the trends for (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa alloy after their exposure to 3.5% NaCl solution for 3 days. The currents increased significantly in the first 30 s due to surface integration caused by the immersion of the alloys for 3 days. Here, the recorded currents for TiZr alloy show an increase followed by a decrease, with an increase in overall currents until the end of the run. The measured current for TiZrTa alloy decreased significantly with a gradual increase over time. This confirms the efficiency of adding Ta to TiZr alloy in reducing absolute current values, indicating a large passivation of the alloy by Ta. After 3 days of immersion in the solution (Figure 3), the current values decreased from ∼750 to ∼300 µA/cm2 in the case of TiZr alloy and from ∼450 to ∼150 µA/cm2 in the case of TiZrTa alloy. This is because of the formation of a thick layer of TiO2 and ZrO2 in the case of TiZr alloy, and TiO2, ZrO2, and TaO2 for TiZrTa alloy due to the long period of exposure before applying the active potential, −0.1 V [2,40].

Figure 4 
                  Current recorded at −0.1 V for (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa exposed to NaCl solutions for 3 days.
Figure 4

Current recorded at −0.1 V for (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa exposed to NaCl solutions for 3 days.

3.3 Surface investigation

To support corrosion experiments, the surfaces of TiZr and TiZrTa alloys were investigated using SEM after being exposed to 3.5% NaCl solutions for 3 days before stepping a potential of −0.1 V for 30 min. EDS was used to analyze the compositions of the layer(s) formed on those surfaces under the same conditions. Figure 5 presents the SEM image and EDS profile for the TiZr alloy surface following the experiments shown in Figure 4, curve 1. It clearly visualized that the surface is homogeneous and does not have shallow or deep pits. The EDS profile analysis shows that the surface contains 68.03 wt% Ti, 21.78 wt% O, and 10.19 wt% Zr. The presence of a lower percentage of Ti than its original percent, 88%, indicates that the alloy surface is covered with a film that reduces the percentage of Ti. Also, the presence of a high percentage of O, 21.78, and 10.19% Zr gives an indication that the surface of the alloy is covered with TiO2 and ZrO2 layer(s). The presence of such kind of oxides increases its corrosion resistance in the chloride solution.

Figure 5 
                  The SEM image and EDS analysis for the TiZr alloy surface after performing the experiments are shown in Figure 4, curve 1.
Figure 5

The SEM image and EDS analysis for the TiZr alloy surface after performing the experiments are shown in Figure 4, curve 1.

Figure 6 shows the SEM image and EDS analysis of the TiZrTa alloy surface following the experiments shown in Figure 4, curve 2. The SEM image of Figure 6 shows homogeneous surfaces with no pits. This means that a top layer formed on the surface while the alloy was immersed in the test solution. Figure 6 shows the EDS profile of the same surface, which has 64.45 wt% Ti, 24.35 wt% O, 8.86 wt% Zr, and 2.34% Ta. Again, the presence of a lower percentage of Ti, even less than the detected percentage for TiZr alloy than its original percent (88% as a starting wt%) and a high percentage of O within the surface of the alloy indicates that some oxide layer(s) cover the alloy surface. The detected weight percentages of Ti, O, Zr, and Ta indicate that the possible existing oxides on the TiZrTa alloy surface are TiO2, ZrO2, and TaO2. The presence of such oxides on the surface of the alloy reveals higher corrosion passivation of the TiZrTa alloy as compared to TiZr alloy and confirms that the presence of Ta increases the corrosion passivation.

Figure 6 
                  The SEM image and EDS analysis for the TiZrTa alloy surface after performing the experiments are shown in Figure 4, curve 2.
Figure 6

The SEM image and EDS analysis for the TiZrTa alloy surface after performing the experiments are shown in Figure 4, curve 2.

3.4 EIS

EIS has been reported to provide an important explanation for investigating the relationship between the material’s interface and the test electrolyte [36,37,38,39,40,41,42]. The Nyquist plots for (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa alloy after their exposure to the NaCl solutions for 30 min are shown in Figure 7. Also, the Nyquist plots were obtained for the same two alloys after being exposed to the solution for 3 days, as depicted in Figure 8. The obtained impedance results were matched to the best circuit , as shown in Figure 9. This circuit, which has varied impedance parameters, has been successfully used in numerous studies [2,40,43,44,45,46,47]. The elements of this model are defined as R S is the solution resistance, Q 1 and Q 2 are constant phase elements, and R P1 and R P2 are polarization resistances. All these impedance variables with their values are listed in Table 2.

Figure 7 
                  Nyquist plots for the (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa alloy after their exposure to the NaCl solutions for 30 min.
Figure 7

Nyquist plots for the (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa alloy after their exposure to the NaCl solutions for 30 min.

Figure 8 
                  Nyquist plots for the (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa alloy after their exposure to the NaCl solutions for 3 days.
Figure 8

Nyquist plots for the (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa alloy after their exposure to the NaCl solutions for 3 days.

Figure 9 
                  Circuits used to fit EIS measurements.
Figure 9

Circuits used to fit EIS measurements.

Table 2

EIS parameters obtained from the fitted EIS data

Alloy/time R S (Ω/cm2) Q 1 R P1 (Ω/cm2) Q 2 R P2 (Ω/cm2)
Y Q1 (F/cm2) n 1 Y Q2 (F/cm2) n 2
TiZr alloy/30 min 42.4 0.00295 0.92 791 0.002864 0.89 1,089
TiZrTa alloy/30 min 48.9 0.00054 1.0 1,407 0.00216 0.77 3,702
TiZr alloy/3 days 49.7 0.00199 1.0 1,487 0.003765 0.77 1,547
TiZrTa alloy/3 days 52.1 0.00035 1.0 1,910 0.000988 0.77 4,037

The Nyquist plots of Figure 7 exhibited one semicircle, whose diameter increased in the presence of Ta. However, the diameter obtained for TiZr is small and increases with Ta addition. This indicates that the TiZrTa alloy has improved corrosion passivation, which was confirmed by the high values of R S, R P1, and R P2 when compared to TiZr alloy. Q 1, Y Q1, and its “n” component represent a double-layer capacitor because the value of “n” is nearly “1.” The lower value of Y Q1 for TiZrTa alloy as compared to TiZr alloy confirms that 4% Ta significantly increases the surface corrosion passivation. This was further evidenced by the presence of Q 2, which acts as a second double-layer capacitor with small pores.

Prolonging the exposure time to 3 days as shown in Figure 8 increased the size of the diameter of the semicircles obtained for TiZr alloy and TiZrTa alloy. This indicates that the corrosion passivation for both alloys improved over time, owing to the possibility for the alloys to form a protective layer, mostly oxide, which thickened with increasing immersion time. The coverage of the surfaces with this oxide(s) minimizes the ability of the corrosive chloride ions to attack the surface and thus reduces the corrosion of the alloys. Prolonging the immersion time from 30 min to 3 days highly increases the values of all resistances for both TiZr alloy and TiZrTa alloy and confirm that TiZrTa alloy has higher resistances than those obtained for TiZr alloy. As aforementioned, the presence and decrease of the values of Q 1 and Q 2, which act as double-layer capacitors, enhance the principle that extending immersion time enhances corrosion prevention. The presence of Ta in the alloy that was immersed for 3 days in NaCl solution further increases the passivation of the alloy, as confirmed by the wider semicircle (Figure 8), higher values of resistances, and lower values of the CPEs.

To support the obtained results by Nyquist plots, the Bode impedance, |Z|, and Bode phase angle degree, Φ, were plotted versus the frequency. Figure 10 shows the Bode plots for the change of |Z| with frequency, which was measured for (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa alloy in NaCl solutions after (a) 30 min and (b) 3 days, respectively. It is known that the values of |Z| give important information on the corrosion of the alloys under investigation. The plots of Figure 10 show that the higher values of |Z| are recorded for TiZrTa alloy, whether the immersion time is 30 min or 3 days. This indicates that alloying TiZr alloy with 4% Ta passivates the corrosion of the alloy even after 3 days of its exposure to NaCl solution before measurement.

Figure 10 
                  Bode impedance |Z| for (1) TiZr and (2) TiZrTa alloys after exposure to NaCl solutions for (a) 30 min and (b) 3 days.
Figure 10

Bode impedance |Z| for (1) TiZr and (2) TiZrTa alloys after exposure to NaCl solutions for (a) 30 min and (b) 3 days.

The Bode Φ plots for the (1) TiZr alloy and (2) TiZrTa one immersed in NaCl solutions for (a) 30 min and (b) 3 days immersion are shown in Figure 11. The maximum value of Φ is always recorded for TiZrTa alloy, which confirms that the presence of Ta magnifies the resistance of TiZr alloy to corrosion both after 30-min and 3-day exposure to NaCl solution. The impedance results of both Nyquist and Bode plots thus reveal that Ta has the ability to suppress the corrosion of TiZr alloy and that the prolonging of the time of the exposure period has an additional impact on decreasing the corrosion and increasing the passivation of the test Ti-base alloy.

Figure 11 
                  Bode F plots for (1) TiZr and (2) TiZrTa alloys after exposure to NaCl solutions for (a) 30 min and (b) 3 days.
Figure 11

Bode F plots for (1) TiZr and (2) TiZrTa alloys after exposure to NaCl solutions for (a) 30 min and (b) 3 days.

4 Conclusions

Two Ti alloys, Ti–12% Zr and Ti–12% Zr–4% Ta, were produced using the powder metallurgy technique. The corrosion and passivation behavior of these alloys were reported after 30 min and 3 days of exposure to 3.5% NaCl solution. Various techniques such as CPP, chronoamperometric current, and EIS were employed as electrochemical methods. After 3 days of exposure to NaCl solution, the surfaces were evaluated using SEM and EDS. The polarization, CPP, readings revealed that the addition of Ta to TiZr alloy suppresses the corrosion reactions via reducing the corrosion current and increases the corrosion resistance, regardless of immersion time (30 min or 3 days). The alloys were immersed for 30 min with an active anodic potential of −0.1 V. The current was measured after 3 days. Ta lowers the overall currents by increasing the corrosion resistance. SEM images and EDS profiles of the tested surfaces revealed homogenous surfaces without indication of the presence of pits. Nyquist and Bode plots confirmed CPP and chronoamperometric current experiments, which showed that the Ti alloy has increased resistances, solution, and polarization in the presence of Ta. All results also indicated that the corrosion passivation increases when prolonging the time of exposure to 3 days by thickening the formed oxides of TiO2, ZrO2, and TiO2 on the alloy’s top surface.

  1. Funding information: This work was financially supported by the Researchers Supporting Project Number (RSP2024R33), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

  2. Author contributions: The author confirms the sole responsibility for the conception of the study, presented results, and manuscript preparation.

  3. Conflict of interest: The author states no conflict of interest.

  4. Data availability statement: The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available within the manuscript.

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Received: 2024-03-13
Revised: 2024-03-27
Accepted: 2024-04-22
Published Online: 2024-05-24

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