ASTM F1580-01

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Designation: F 1580 – 01
Standard Specification for
Titanium and Titanium-6 Aluminum-4 Vanadium Alloy
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Powders for Coatings of Surgical Implants
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1580; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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1. Scope* 2.3 Aerospace Material Specifications:
AMS 2249 Chemical Check Analysis Limits, Titanium and
1.1 This specification covers the requirements for unalloyed
Titanium Alloys
titanium and Ti-6Al-4V alloy powders for use in fabricating
AMS 4998A Powder, 6Al-4V, Premium Quality (noncur-
coatings on titanium alloy implants.
rent)
1.2 Powderscoveredunderthisspecificationmaybeusedto
form coatings by sintering or thermal spraying techniques.
3. Methods of Manufacture
1.3 This specification covers powder requirements only. It
3.1 Powders may be manufactured by the plasma rotating
does not address properties of the coatings formed from them.
electrode process, inert gas atomization, hydride-dehydride, or
2. Referenced Documents other method capable of producing powder meeting the re-
quirements of this specification.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
B 214 Test Method SieveAnalysis of Granular Metal Pow-
4. Chemical Requirements Chemical Requirements
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ders
4.1 The chemical analysis of the powder shall conform to
B 215 Practices for Sampling Finished Lots of Metal Pow-
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the requirements set forth in Table 1. Analysis shall be
ders
3 performed before the addition of any processing aids.
B 299 Specification for Titanium Sponge
4.1.1 Requirements for the major and minor elemental
E11 Specification for Wire-Cloth Sieves for Testing Pur-
4 constituents for unalloyed titanium and Ti-6Al-4V alloy pow-
poses
ders are listed in Table 1.Also listed are all important residual
E 120 Test Methods for ChemicalAnalysis of Titanium and
5 elements. Analysis for elements not listed in Table 1 is not
Titanium Alloys
required to verify compliance with this specification.
F67 Specification for Unalloyed Titanium for Surgical
6 4.2 The product analysis tolerance shall conform to the
Implant Applications
requirements set forth in Table 2.
F 981 Practice for Assessment of Compatibility of Bioma-
4.3 For referee purposes, Test Methods E 120 shall be used.
terials for Surgical Implants With Respect to Effect of
6 4.4 Intentional elemental additions other than those speci-
Materials on Muscle and Bone
fied in Table 1 are not permitted.
F 1472 Specification for Wrought Ti-6Al-4VAlloy for Sur-
6 4.5 For powder that includes particle size fractions finer
gical Implant Applications
7 than 200 mesh (74 µm), the oxygen content limits shall be
2.2 American Society for Quality (ASQ) Standards:
agreed upon between buyer and seller.
ASQ C1 General Requirements for a Quality Program
5. Particle Size and Shape
5.1 Powder shall be sieved to the customer’s requirements
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F04 on
with stainless steel screens conforming to SpecificationE11.
Medical and Surgical Devices and is under the direct responsibility of Subcommit-
Analysis of sieved powder for conformance to the customer’s
tee F04.12 on Metallurgical Materials.
Current edition approved October 10, 2001. Published January 2002. Orginally
particle size range requirements shall be in accordance with
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published as F 1580 - 95. Plast previous edition F 1580 - 95 .
Test Method B 214.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.05.
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5.2 Powder made from the plasma rotating electrode pro-
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.04.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02. cess and inert gas atomization tends to be spherical in shape,
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.05.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 13.01.
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Milwaukee, WI 53203. Warrendale, PA 15096–0001.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
between buyer and seller, comprising at least 1 in. (6.45 cm )
Unalloyed Ti Powder Ti-6Al-4V Powder of a closely packed mono-layer of powder per lot at 203
Weight Percent Weight Percent
Element magnification. No foreign material shall be visible under these
Min Max Min Max
conditions. Powder cleanliness shall be determined before the
Al 5.50 6.75 addition of any processing aids.
V 3.50 4.50
O 0.40 0.20
7. Special Requireme
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