Corrosion Behavior of Coated and Uncoated Bio Implants in SBF (Stimulate Body Fluid)

Surgical implants used in medical applications are basically the specific type of stainless steel materials. Stainless steel has been used widely and successfully for various types of trauma and orthopedic reconstructions. If an uncoated (bare) stainless steel metal piece is implanted in any part of the body, it will get corrode in Stimulate Body Fluid (SBF) present inside the human body (a mixture of different salts). To overcome this problem a coating of Titanium Nitride (TiN) was developed on stainless steel bio-implants using physical vapor deposition (PVD) method. Both coated and uncoated implants were kept dipped in Stimulate Body Fluid for five months. The samples were removed and tested for corrosion life assessment after every fifteen days using weight loss method.