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Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering, 2012, 11, 735-743 Published Online July 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jmmce) Effect of Surface Treatment on Tribological Behavior of Ti-6Al-4V Implant Alloy 1* 1 2 B. K. C. Ganesh , N. Ramanaiah , P. V. Chandrasekhar Rao 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering (Autonomous), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, L. B. R. College of Engineering, Vijayawada, India * Email: bkcganesh@ Received May 20, 2012; revised June 30, 2012; accepted July 15, 2012 ABSTRACT Titanium alloys are extensively used in various fields of engineering, medicine, aerospace, marine due to its excellent mechanical properties. Its usage is more pronounced today in the field of biomedical implants due to its superior bio- compatibility, corrosive resistance and high strength to weight ratio. It has poor abrasive wear resistance due to high coefficient of friction and low thermal conductivity. Poor abrasive wear resistance results in the formation of wear de- bris at the implant area causing toxicity, inflammation and pain. Surface treatment of the implant alloy through heat treatment, application of protective coatings, introduction of compressive residual stresses by shotpeening and shot blasting are some of the methods to mitigate wear of the implant alloy. In this work Ti-6Al-4V implant alloy is treated under various conditions of heat treatment, shotpeening and shot blasting operations on a pin on disc wear testing ma- chine. Shotpeening a