Use of titanium alloy implants for total hip replacement Rolden Baptista, José Carlos Morilla

Abstract

Considering the factors of biocompatibility, corrosion resistance, high tenacity and good wear resistance, the alloy Ti-6Al-4V with 110.0 GPa elastic modulus is a choice used to replace of hip joints. With 6% of aluminum and 4% of vanadium (stabilizers of ambient temperature) has an elastic modulus close to that of human bone is 14GPa.