TY - JOUR A1 - Schmigalla, S. A1 - Bender, S. A1 - Heyn, Andreas A1 - Schmidt, J. A1 - Hort, N. T1 - Investigation of biodegradation behaviour of an Mg-1Ca alloy influenced by heat treatment and applying plasma-chemical oxidation layers JF - Materials and corrosion N2 - The degradation behaviour of an Mg-1Ca alloy is investigated in vitro to figure out the possibilities of influencing the degradation behaviour of such an alloy by applying heat treatment as well as the use of a coating system based on plasma-chemical oxidation. It is shown that an optimised solution annealing (T4-heat treatment) can reduce the degradation rate while an additional ageing between 240 and 300 °C (T6-heat treatment) increases it. A coating generated by plasma-chemical oxidation reduces the degradation rate in the immersion test. Its effect is depending on the former heat treatment of the Mg-1Ca alloy as well as on the parameter during plasma-chemical oxidation. KW - Biodegradation KW - Magnesium alloys KW - Plasma-chemical oxidation KW - Magnesium KW - Thermal treatment KW - Corrosion KW - Electrochemistry PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/maco.201106433 SN - 0947-5117 SN - 1521-4176 VL - 64 IS - 7 SP - 578 EP - 584 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-28933 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -