Acknowledgments The authors wish to thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51005234 and 50905180), the Foundation of China University of Mining and Technology (Grant No. 2009A056) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK2008005).
Titanium cermets were successfully synthesized on the surface of biomedical grade titanium alloys by using sequential carburization method. The mechanical properties such as hardness, fracture toughness and plasticity...