Microstructural and mechanical features of Mg-Ca alloys

The magnesium alloys has been intensively studied for their suitable mechanical properties, excellent biocompatibility and their ability to biodegrade in biological environments. Although magnesium biodegradable implants possess many desirable properties, it is important that the alloy is able to be tolerated by the body- the constitutional elements of magnesium-based alloys should be toxic free. In this study two magnesium alloys Mg-Ca0,8, Mg-Ca1,8 were obtained in order to investigate the microstructure, mechanical properties and how alloying elements influenced the characteristics of this new biomedical alloys.