Table 3 EDS analyses of the worn... | Emerald Publishing

Table 3

EDS analyses of the worn surfaces of as-received alpha-beta titanium alloy and two representative laser-textured surfaces, cross-hatch (Sample 2) and dimples (Sample 4), after tribocorrosion testing in Hank’s solution

Sample	EDS wt.%	Titanium	Aluminium	Vanadium	Oxygen	Carbon	Phosphorus	Silicon	Calcium	Chlorine
As-received	Outside the wear track-1	77.5	5.3	3.6	9.2	4.7	—	—	—	—
	In the wear track-2	82.5	5.0	3.8	5.3	3.3	—	0.10	—	—
	Worn particle-3	70.9	4.4	3.1	15.8	4.2	0.70	0.10	—	0.80
Sample 2	Outside the wear track-1	74.3	3.8	3.3	13.4	5.2	0.02	0.10	—	—
	In the wear track-2	83.9	4.5	3.6	5.0	2.9	0.06	0.06	—	0.02
	Worn particle-3	70.0	4.3	2.7	17.7	6.5	0.44	—	—	0.46
Sample 4	Outside the wear track-1	54.7	3.0	2.4	32.1	7.4	0.14	0.17	0.15	0.01
	In the wear track-2	81.5	5.3	3.5	6.1	3.3	—	0.08	—	0.01
	Worn particle-3	73.1	4.8	3.0	14.2	4.2	0.03	0.07	—	0.32

Sample	EDS wt.%	Titanium	Aluminium	Vanadium	Oxygen	Carbon	Phosphorus	Silicon	Calcium	Chlorine
As-received	Outside the wear track-1	77.5	5.3	3.6	9.2	4.7	—	—	—	—
	In the wear track-2	82.5	5.0	3.8	5.3	3.3	—	0.10	—	—
	Worn particle-3	70.9	4.4	3.1	15.8	4.2	0.70	0.10	—	0.80
Sample 2	Outside the wear track-1	74.3	3.8	3.3	13.4	5.2	0.02	0.10	—	—
	In the wear track-2	83.9	4.5	3.6	5.0	2.9	0.06	0.06	—	0.02
	Worn particle-3	70.0	4.3	2.7	17.7	6.5	0.44	—	—	0.46
Sample 4	Outside the wear track-1	54.7	3.0	2.4	32.1	7.4	0.14	0.17	0.15	0.01
	In the wear track-2	81.5	5.3	3.5	6.1	3.3	—	0.08	—	0.01
	Worn particle-3	73.1	4.8	3.0	14.2	4.2	0.03	0.07	—	0.32