Structure and Corrosion-Electrochemical Behavior of Bioresorbable Alloys Based on the Fe–Mn System

Abstract

The structural state under varied conditions of thermal and thermomechanical treatment, the possibility of realization of a reversible martensitic transformation, and electrochemical behavior and corrosion resistance of iron and its bioresorbable alloys Fe–(23–30)–Mn–5Si in the solution simulating the liquid fraction of bone tissue of the human body have been investigated by means of electron-microprobe X-ray analysis, X-ray diffraction and metallographic analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, chronopotentiometry, potentiodynamic voltammetry, and gravimetry. It has been shown that the manganese content increase from 23 to 30 wt % results in the significant decrease of the temperatures of the start of the direct and the finish of the reverse martensitic transformation and the acceleration of the electrochemical corrosion. A dual role of silicon in formation of corrosion-electrochemical properties of the alloys has been grounded.