Ti-6Al-7Nb
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The Ti-6Al-7Nb Aluminium – Niobium alpha-beta alloy. Its biocompatibility and mechanical properties are superior to those of the Ti-6Al-4V. This alloy was conceived and developed in 1977 by a team of researchers at Gebruder Sulzer in Winterthur, Switzerland. Their aim was to create a titanium alloy that would meet the demands of the medical and surgical sectors.
Physical properties of titanium:
- Usual state: solid
- Colour: silver-white
- Melting point: 1720°C
- Molar volume: 10.64.10-6m3/mol
- Density: 4,507 g/cm3
- Electrical conductivity: 2.34.106S/m
- Thermal conductivity: 21.9W/(m•K)
- Coefficient of thermal expansion: 8.5.10-6/°C