Effect of Titanium on Microstructure, Texture, and Mechanical Property of As-Extruded Mg—Sn Alloy

The effect of titanium on the microstructure, the texture, and the mechanical properties of as-extruded Mg–Sn alloy has been investigated in the present work. The result reveals that the alloy subjected to the optimized extrusion process shows an extremely refined microstructure with an average grain size of 1.7 μm. Meanwhile, the addition of titanium has an obvious effect on intensifying the basal texture where the basal slip cannot be easily activated during tensile testing. As a result, the alloy shows excellent mechanical properties where yield strength and elongation are 200 MPa and 30.2%, respectively. The enhanced yield strength of the alloy can be attributed to the extremely refined microstructure and the intensified basal texture, while the improved elongation of the alloy can be explained by the ultra-fine-grained microstructure through reducing the critical resolved shear stress that favors the prismatic slip activity to accommodate the basal slip.

Introduction

Metallic biomaterials, such as stainless steel, titanium alloys, cobalt-based alloys, zirconium alloys, and nitinol shape memory alloy, are widely applied as orthopedic implants and cardiovascular stents to heal or replace the damaged bones and vessels (Bahl et al., 2018; Bekmurzayeva et al., 2018; Mehjabeen et al., 2018; Hernandez-Rodriguez et al., 2019; Kaur and Singh, 2019; Takale and Chougule, 2019). However, the elastic moduli of these metallic implants are significantly higher than that of the human natural bone, leading to a stress shielding effect (Majumdar et al., 2018). The harmful metallic ions released from the implants because of the degradation of the implants inside the organism, as well as the debris due to wear, could result in inflammation in the vicinity of the implants (Noronha Oliveira et al., 2018; Costa et al., 2019). Therefore, seeking a novel metallic implant with excellent biocompatibility and mechanical properties, with the elastic moduli close to that of the natural bone, and outstanding degradable properties has become one of the current frontiers in metallic biomaterials.

Magnesium and its alloys have attracted a great attention in the fields of medical devices and orthopedic implants because of their relatively low density (1.74 g/cm³) which is very close to that of the human bone (1.8–2.1 g/cm³), excellent biocompatibility, and favorable biodegradability in human physiological conditions (Haghshenas, 2017; Bian et al., 2018; Cui et al., 2018; Gu et al., 2018; Jiang et al., 2018; Bommala et al., 2019; Liu P. et al., 2019). Moreover, the elastic modulus of Mg alloys (40–45 GPa) is much closer to that of the human natural bone (10–30 GPa) compared with stainless steel (193 GPa), titanium and its alloys (110–117 GPa), cobalt-based alloys (200 GPa), and nitinol shape memory alloy (24–83 MPa) (Lv et al., 2018; Salleh et al., 2018; Song et al., 2018; Ban et al., 2019; Li et al., 2019). However, the major challenges for magnesium and its alloys are insufficient mechanical properties, high biodegradation rate in physiological environments, poor corrosion fatigue, and stress corrosion cracking (Wang et al., 2019a,b,c,d,e). As a result, the rapid degradation rate of the implants could lead to the loss of mechanical integrity before healing. The accumulation of metallic ions and a high rate of hydrogen evolution could also increase the local pH value, thus deteriorating the surrounding tissue (Li et al., 2018). Therefore, the mechanical properties and the corrosion resistance of Mg alloys can be effectively improved through the addition of alloying elements. Various kinds of Mg alloys, such as Mg–Al based alloys, Mg–Zn-based alloys, Mg–Li-based alloys, Mg–Sr-based alloys, Mg–Ca-based alloys, and Mg–Sn-based alloys, have been investigated to determine their effectiveness as orthopedic implants or cardiovascular stents (He et al., 2015; Hou et al., 2016; Li et al., 2016; Liu et al., 2017; Zhao et al., 2017; Bian et al., 2018; Jiang et al., 2018, 2019).

The selection of alloying elements used in the human body without a harmful effect is limited, according to previous investigations. Sn is the most important candidate applied as alloying element in magnesium biomaterials because Sn is one of the nutrient elements found in the human body, and the daily intake of Sn in the human body is 1–3 mg (Liu Y. et al., 2019). In addition, Sn has an obvious effect on promoting the synthesis of nucleic acids and proteins (Chen et al., 2014; Radha and Sreekanth, 2017). According to previous investigations, the Mg−1Sn alloy extract with Sn concentration of 15.8 ± 7.8 μM/L did not induce cell cytotoxicity except for ECV304. Additionally, the released metallic ions of Sn⁴⁺ did not induce cytotoxicity in both L-929 and MC3T3-E1 cells even at high concentrations of 66.5 and 1.11 mM/L, respectively. As a result, the Mg–Sn alloy exhibits good biocompatibility, although the released metallic ions of Sn²⁺ in Mg–Sn-based alloy extracts at rather low concentrations of 0.141 and 0.025 mM/L could induce severe cytotoxicity in L-929 and MC3T3-E1 cells, respectively (Yamamoto et al., 1998; Gu et al., 2009; Kubásek et al., 2013). However, the mechanical properties of Mg–Sn-based alloys are lower than those of WE43 magnesium alloy applied as orthopedic implant (Zhen et al., 2014). The main reason could be attributed to the rod-like precipitation morphology of the Mg₂Sn phase lying on the basal planes, showing poor precipitation hardening behavior [26]. Therefore, investigations have been initiated to improve the mechanical properties of Mg–Sn-based alloys through alloying elements (Pan et al., 2015; She et al., 2015; Pan F. et al., 2016; Pan H. et al., 2016; Peng et al., 2018, 2019; Liao et al., 2019; Song et al., 2019; Wang et al., 2019f).

Titanium and its alloys are the most important metallic medical devices applied as orthopedic implants because of their outstanding biocompatibility, excellent mechanical properties, and good corrosion resistance in vivo. However, Ti is seldom applied in magnesium and its alloys because of its extremely high melting temperature compared with magnesium and its limited solid solubility in Mg. Our previous work figured out that the addition of titanium in AZ91 magnesium alloy could effectively refine the microstructure and improve the mechanical properties at room temperature (Yu et al., 2014). Other investigations also proved that the addition of titanium could tailor the microstructure and improve the mechanical properties and corrosion resistance (Candan et al., 2016; Koltygin et al., 2017; Yu et al., 2017). Therefore, the addition of titanium in as-extruded Mg−1Sn alloy has been investigated in the present work, aiming at elucidating the effect of titanium on the microstructure, the texture, and the mechanical properties of as-extruded Mg–Sn alloy at room temperature.

Materials and Methods

Synthesis of Mg–Sn and Mg–Sn–Ti Alloys

Commercial pure Mg (99.98 wt.%), pure Sn (99.98 wt.%), and Sn−10Ti (wt.%) master alloy were applied as raw materials. Experimental alloys, named as Mg−1Sn and Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloys, were melted in a steel crucible inside an induction melting furnace under an argon atmosphere protection and then followed by water quenching. The ingots covered with graphite were homogenized at 500°C for 24 h and then followed with water quenching immediately. The skinned ingots were preheated to 250°C for 2 h and then extruded in an XJ-500 horizontal extruder. Solid rods, ~16 mm in diameter and corresponding to an extrusion ratio of 25:1, were extruded at an extrusion rate of 20 mm s⁻¹ and air-cooled (Yu et al., 2015).

Characterization of As-extruded Mg–Sn and Mg–Sn–Ti Alloys

The rectangular specimens for microstructure characterization were machined from as-extruded rods and ground using silicon carbide (SiC) paper up to 1,000 grit, followed by ultrasonic cleaning and drying by cold air.

The analyzed chemical compositions of as-extruded alloys, which were measured by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, are listed in Table 1. The phase constitution and the texture were determined by using X-ray diffraction (XRD; Rigaku D/MAX-2500PC). The measurements were performed on longitudinal sections of the specimens.

TABLE 1

Table 1. Chemical compositions of as-extruded alloys (wt.%).

Orientation mapping was performed on the cross-sections of the extruded bars by using the electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique in focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy. An accelerating voltage of 20 kV and a step size of 0.1 μm were used. The sample surfaces were prepared in the same way as for metallography and were then electrochemically polished in a commercial AC2 solution. A software HKL Chanel 5 System was utilized to process the data obtained from the EBSD measurements. The indexing percentage in our experiment was 79%.

The transmission electron microscopy (TEM) foils of all the samples were prepared by twin-jet electro-polishing using a solution of 5.3 g LiCl, 11.6 g Mg(ClO₄)₂, 500 ml methanol, and 100 ml 2-butoxy-ethanol at ~-50°C and 90 V. The specimens were surface-cleaned by ion milling using a Gatan Precision Ion Polishing System (PIPS) at an operating voltage of 2 kV.

Tests of the Mechanical Properties of As-extruded Mg–Sn and Mg–Sn–Ti Alloys

Tensile and compressive tests were carried out at room temperature by using a materials testing machine at a loading rate of 3 mm min⁻¹ to determine the mechanical properties of as-extruded alloys. The samples for tensile (gauge length l_g = 25 mm, diameter Φ = 5 mm) and compression (l_g = 12 mm, diameter Φ = 8 mm) tests shown in Figure 1 were machined parallel to the extrusion axis (Yu et al., 2015).

FIGURE 1

Figure 1. Schematic diagrams of (A) tensile and (B) compressive samples machined from as-extruded profiles.

Results

Phase Components

The XRD patterns and the texture along the extrusion direction (ED) of as-extruded alloys are shown in Figure 2 in the present work. In Figure 2A, the phase constitution of as-extruded Mg−1Sn alloy is α-Mg matrix, while the XRD pattern of as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy shown in Figure 2B is also indexed as α-Mg matrix. According to previous investigations, Mg₂Sn precipitates cannot be indexed by XRD in Mg−1Sn alloy because of the relatively high solubility of Sn in α-Mg matrix, and secondary-phase α-Ti is hardly found in Mg alloys as well because of its extremely low solubility in Mg and relatively high melting point compared with Mg (Yu et al., 2014; She et al., 2016; Tong et al., 2017). That is the main reason why the phase components of both as-extruded Mg−1Sn and Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloys are α-Mg matrix in the present work.

FIGURE 2

Figure 2. X-ray diffraction patterns of (A) as-extruded Mg−1Sn alloys and (B) as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloys.

Texture

The textures of the alloys in forms of (0002) and ($10\overline{1}0$) pole figures along the ED in the present investigation are shown in Figure 3. Obviously, both of the alloys subjected to the extrusion process in the present work show a typical fiber texture, where the majority of the grains with their (0002) planes were parallel to the ED. In addition, the maximum value of texture intensity for as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy is about 4.8 in Figure 3B, which is nearly two times compared to that of as-extruded Mg−1Sn alloy shown in Figure 3A. Therefore, the basal slip of as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy, according to the previous investigation, cannot be prone to be activated when tension stress is loaded along the ED compared with Mg−1Sn alloy (He et al., 2013).

FIGURE 3

Figure 3. Pole figures of (A) as-extruded Mg−1Sn alloys and (B) as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloys. The maximum values of texture intensities are ~2.48 and ~4.80, respectively.

EBSD

To further understand the microstructure evolution of both as-extruded Mg−1Sn and Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloys in the present work, EBSD technique has been applied in the form of inverse pole figure, grain size distribution, and texture as shown in Figure 4. Note that the EBSD maps are taken from the cross-section (extrusion axis perpendicular to the sample plane) of the alloy. Obviously, there is a higher proportion of either blue-colored or green-colored grains in both as-extruded Mg−1Sn and as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloys in Figures 4a,d. The grain size distributions of the alloys in the present work are shown in Figures 4b,e. In Figure 4b, the grain size of as-extruded Mg−1Sn alloy ranges from 1 to 17 μm, and the average grain size of the alloy is 9.6 μm. Meanwhile, the addition of titanium shows a significant grain refinement effect in the present work. In Figure 4e, the grain size distribution of as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy indicates that the majority of the grains are <3.0 μm, and the calculated average grain size of the alloy is 1.7 μm. Therefore, as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy shows an obvious grain size strengthening effect, leading to improved strength compared with as-extruded Mg−1Sn alloy. In addition, the textures of the specimens are also examined by EBSD technique, and the results are in accordance with the textures examined by XRD as shown in Figure 3.

FIGURE 4

Figure 4. Inverse pole figure maps of (a) as-extruded Mg−1Sn alloys and (d) as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloys. Grain size distributions of (b) as-extruded Mg−1Sn alloys and (e) as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloys. Textures of (c) as-extruded Mg−1Sn alloys and (f) as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloys. The extruson axis is parallel to the image plane.

TEM

The bright-field image of as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy in the present work is shown in Figure 5. As clearly seen from Figure 5a, there are irregular spheroid precipitates observed in the matrix of as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy. The energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy result shown in Figure 5c demonstrates that the secondary phases have been identified as Mg₂Sn, although it has not been detected in the present work by the XRD shown in Figure 2. Moreover, none of the intermetallic compounds containing titanium was found, and the main reason can be attributed to the extremely low concentration of titanium. Selected area electron diffraction patterns of the matrix and the second phase have been indexed in Figures 5d,e, respectively. Previous investigations pointed out that the Mg₂Sn phase exhibited different morphologies and orientation relationship between the matrix and the precipitation under different heat treatment conditions (Zhang et al., 2008; Gibson et al., 2010). Moreover, investigations also illustrated that the morphology and the orientation relationship of the second phase had an obvious effect on enhancing the strength of magnesium alloys. According to their conclusions, prismatic precipitate plates showed a stronger precipitation hardening effect than the other precipitates, such as basal precipitate plates, [0001]α precipitate rods, spherical particles, and so on (Nie, 2003, 2012). In the present investigation, the morphology of Mg₂Sn precipitates has been identified as irregular spherical particles, and the orientation relationship between the matrix and the precipitation in this paper has been indexed as (0001)_Mg // (111)_Mg2Sn and $<11\overline{2}0{>}_{\text{Mg}}$ // $<1\overline{1}0{>}_{\text{M}{\text{g}}_2\text{Sn}}$.

FIGURE 5

Figure 5. Transmission electron microscopy image of as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy. (a) Bright-field image, (b) enlarged view of the red rectangle inset of (a); (c) energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy result of the precipitate inset of (b) marked 2, and (d,e) selected area electron diffraction patterns of the matrix and the precipitate marked 1 and 2 in (b), respectively.

Mechanical Properties

The typical nominal tensile and compressive stress—strain curves of both as-extruded Mg−1Sn and Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloys are shown in Figure 6, and the room temperature mechanical properties are listed in Table 2. Obviously, as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy, compared with as-extruded Mg−1Sn alloy, shows excellent mechanical properties at room temperature. In the present investigation, as-extruded Mg−1Sn alloy shows a yield strength (YS) of 163 MPa, an ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of 231 MPa, and a tensile elongation to fracture (δ_T) of 18.3% at ambient temperature. Upon the addition of titanium into Mg−1Sn alloy, the YS, UTS, and δ_T of the alloy are 200 MPa, 230 MPa, and 30.2%, respectively. Compared with as-extruded Mg−1Sn alloy, the YS and δ_T of as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy have been improved to about 22.7 and 65%, respectively. More importantly, as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy, in terms of orthopedic implant, has favorable mechanical properties compared with WE43 magnesium alloy which feature YS of 190–220 MPa (200 MPa for Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy) and δ_T of 20–35% (30.2% for Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy) (Schaller et al., 2016).

FIGURE 6

Figure 6. Stress–strain curves of (A) as-extruded Mg−1Sn alloys and (B) as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloys.

TABLE 2

Table 2. Mechanical properties of Mg-1Sn and Mg-1Sn-0.1Ti alloys.

Discussion

In magnesium and its alloys, ultra-fine grained microstructure, intensified basal texture, solid solution additions, and precipitates have obvious effects on improving the mechanical properties of the alloys (Nie, 2003, 2012; Yu et al., 2015; Pan et al., 2018; Yu Z. et al., 2018). In addition, a previous investigation figured out that Ti could prevent the fusion of grain boundary (Zhang et al., 2015). As a result, as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy that was subjected to a low-temperature extrusion process shows an ultra-fine-grained microstructure. The extremely refined microstructure with an average grain size of ~1.7 μm takes a significant effect on improving the strength according to the Hall–Petch relation (Yu H. et al., 2018). In addition, the ultra-fine-grained microstructure also plays an important part in improving the ductility of magnesium alloys at room temperature. According to previous investigations, extension twinning and prismatic slip are difficult to be activated due to their higher critical resolved shear stress (CRSS) than basal slip (He et al., 2013). However, our previous investigations proved that the ultra-fine-grained microstructure could effectively decrease the ratio of CRSS_prismatic/CRSS_basal, resulting in the activation of prismatic slip to accommodate basal slip (Yu et al., 2015; Yu Z. et al., 2018). Therefore, the ultra-fine grained microstructure of as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy, in the present work, can be considered as the dominant reason why as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy shows superior elongation at room temperature.

Usually, magnesium and its alloys subjected to the hot extrusion process show a typical fiber texture, where the majority of the grains in the alloy have their basal planes parallel to ED. In this case, the alloy shows an extremely low orientation factor, which is nearly 0 in theory (He et al., 2013). In other words, the activity of basal slip requires higher shear stress when tension load is applied along ED, leading to higher yield strength at room temperature. Plenty of investigations have also proven that the basal slips of the textured Mg alloys are limited when tension stress is applied parallel to the loading direction (He et al., 2013; Yu et al., 2015; She et al., 2016; Peng et al., 2018, 2019; Yu Z. et al., 2018; Song et al., 2019). In the present work, Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy subjected to the low temperature extrusion process shows a strong basal texture (Figure 3B). If the tension load applied along ED is applied on the specimen as investigated in this paper, the basal slip of the alloy is difficult to be activated compared with that of Mg−1Sn alloy. As a result, as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy shows superior yield strength than as-extruded Mg−1Sn alloy that was subjected to the same extrusion condition in the present investigation.

In addition, precipitates, including morphologies and the orientation relationship between the matrix and the precipitates, have an obvious effect on improving the mechanical properties of Mg alloys (Nie, 2003, 2012). Our previous investigations have proven that a great number of nano-scaled precipitates in the matrix show a strong pinning effect on dislocation motion, leading to the enhancement of strength during tension and compression parallel to ED (Yu et al., 2015; Yu Z. et al., 2018). Meanwhile, other investigations have also demonstrated that the morphologies and the orientation relationship can significantly affect the strength of Mg alloys (Nie, 2003, 2012). In the present work, there is a large number of fine, irregular, spheroidal Mg₂Sn precipitates as observed in Figure 5, and the orientation relationship between the α-Mg matrix and the Mg₂Sn precipitates has been indexed as (0001)_Mg // (111)_Mg2Sn and $<11\overline{2}0{>}_{\text{Mg}}$ // $<1\overline{1}0{>}_{\text{M}{\text{g}}_2\text{Sn}}$, which is observed elsewhere (She et al., 2016). As a result, the morphologies and the orientation relationship of the precipitates in the present work show a weaker effect than the other precipitates (e.g., plate-like intermetallic compounds precipitating along the c-axis). However, the nano-scaled precipitates take an obvious effect on improving the strength of the alloy through pinning the dislocation motion during stress application on the alloy.

In conclusion, Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy, with the addition of nutritive elements, is suitable for orthopedic implant due to its good mechanical properties. The degradation behavior and the biocompatibility of the alloy will be discussed in our further work.

Conclusions

The microstructure and the mechanical properties of as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy have been investigated in the present work. The major conclusions are summarized as follows:

• Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy shows an ultra-fine-grained microstructure and an intensified basal texture.

• There is a large number of fine, irregular, spheroidal Mg₂Sn precipitates lying in the matrix. The orientation relationship between the α-Mg matrix and the Mg₂Sn precipitates has been indexed as (0001)Mg // (111)Mg₂Sn and $<11\overline{2}0>$Mg // $<1\overline{1}0>$Mg₂Sn.

• Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy exhibits excellent mechanical properties, where yield strength and elongation are respectively 200 MPa and 30.2% at room temperature.

• The improved yield strength can be attributed to the ultra-fine-grained microstructure, intensified basal texture, and nano-scale, fine, spheroidal Mg₂Sn precipitates pinning the dislocation motion.

• The superior elongation property of as-extruded Mg−1Sn−0.1Ti alloy can be explained as an extremely fine microstructure by reducing the critical resolved shear stress that favors the prismatic slip activity, thus accommodating basal slip.

Data Availability Statement

The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation, to any qualified researcher.

Author Contributions

ZG and ZY conceived and designed the study and experiment plan and wrote the paper. CZ performed the experiments. CZ and CL built FM model and do the numerical simulation. AT and JL analyzed the experiment result. AT, JL and FP reviewed and edited the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

Funding

The present work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project 51474043), the Scientific and Technological Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission (Grant No. KJQN201800731) and the Scientific and Technological Research Program of Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau (Grant No. cstc2019jcyj-msxmX0761), Organization Department of Guizhou Provincial Party Committee (RCJD2018-9), Guizhou Education Department Youth Science and Technology Talents Growth Project [KY (2016) 207], Opening Project of Guizhou Education Department Special Key Laboratory of Oral Disease Research (SKLODR201703), Joint Funds of Zunyi Science and Technology Bureau and Zunyi Medical University Hospital of Stomatology [ZYKHSZ (2018) 240], Joint Funds of Zunyi Science and Technology Bureau and Zunyi Medical University [ZYKHSZ (2017) 25], Ph.D. Starting Foundation of Zunyi Medical University (F-868) and Academic Talents and Innovation Program of Zunyi Medical University [QKHPTRC(2017)5733-057].

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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