Tribological behavior of Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-6Al-7Nb Alloys for Total Hip Prosthesis

Figure 6

P-h curves during microhardness experiments with loading speed (0.2 mm·min⁻¹), under a maximum load (50 N) of (a) Ti-6Al-4V, (b) Ti-6Al-7Nb.

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