Zinc and its alloys are considered as promising materials for the preparation of biodegradable medical devices (stents and bone fixation screws) due to their enhanced biocompatibility. These materials must achieve an ideal combination of mechanical and corrosion properties that can be influenced by alloying or thermomechanical processes. This paper presents the effects of different mechanical alloying (MA) parameters on the composition of Zn-1Mg powder. At the same time, this study describes the influence of preparation by MA on Zn-6Mg and Zn-16Mg alloys. The selected powders were compacted by the spark plasma sintering (SPS) method. Subsequently, their microstructures were studied and their mechanical properties were tested. The overall process led to a significant grain refinement (629 ± 274 nm for Zn-1Mg) and the formation of new intermetallic phases (Mg2Zn11, MgZn2). The compressive properties of the sintered samples were mainly related to the concentration of the alloying elements, where an increase in concentration led to an improvement in strength but a deterioration in ductility. According to the obtained results, the best properties were obtained for the Zn-1Mg alloy.

Department of Functional Materials Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Na Slovance 1999 2 182 21 Prague Czech Republic

Department of Metals and Corrosion Engineering Faculty of Chemical Technology University of Chemistry and Technology Prague Technická 5 166 28 Prague Czech Republic

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