Research Article

Effect of Nb on Martensitic Phase Transformation and Characterization of New Biomedical Ti-xNb-3Fe-9Zr Alloys

Table 1

The electronic parameters including average bond order (), average metal- orbital energy level (), molybdenum equivalency (Moeq), electron to atom ratio (), and martensite start temperature ().

AlloysCompositions (wt%)Moeq,

Ti15FZTi-15Nb-3Fe-9Zr2.82892.422511.6664.20388
Ti20FZTi-20Nb-3Fe-9Zr2.83932.424013.0554.24303
Ti25FZTi-25Nb-3Fe-9Zr2.85032.425314.4444.27218
Ti30FZTi-30Nb-3Fe-9Zr2.86202.424015.8334.31133
Ti35FZTi-35Nb-3Fe-9Zr2.87442.422517.2224.3648