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Ti alloys are successfully used in severe stress situations, such as Ti\u20136Al\u20134V, but this alloy is related to long-term health problems and, in response, different Ti alloys composed of non-toxic and non-allergic elements such as Nb, Zr, Mo, and Ta have been developed for biomedical applications. In this context, binary alloys of titanium and tantalum have been developed and are predicted to be potential products for medical purposes. More than this, today, novel biocompatible alloys such as high entropy alloys with Ti and Ta are considered for biomedical applications and therefore it is necessary to clarify the influence of tantalum on the behavior of the alloy. In this study, various Ti\u2013xTa alloys (with x = 5, 15, 25, and 30) were characterized using different techniques. High-resolution maps of the materials\u2019 surfaces were generated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and atom distribution maps were obtained by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). A thorough output of chemical composition, and hence the crystallographic structure of the alloys, was identified by X-ray diffraction (XRD). Additionally, the electrochemical behavior of these Ti\u2013Ta alloys was investigated by EIS in simulated body fluid at different potentials. The passive layer resistance increases with the potential due to the formation of the passive layer of TiO2 and Ta2O5 and then decreases due to the dissolution processes through the passive film. Within the Ti\u2013xTa alloys, Ti\u201325Ta demonstrates excellent passive layer and corrosion resistance properties, so it seems to be a promising product for metallic medical devices.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma15020476","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,9]],"date-time":"2022-01-09T23:06:15Z","timestamp":1641769575000},"page":"476","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":58,"title":["EIS Characterization of Ti Alloys in Relation to Alloying Additions of Ta"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Pedro P.","family":"Socorro-Perdomo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Mechanical Engineering Department, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"N\u00e9stor R.","family":"Florido-Su\u00e1rez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mechanical Engineering Department, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0623-3318","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julia C.","family":"Mirza-Rosca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mechanical Engineering Department, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4997-2690","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mircea Vicentiu","family":"Saceleanu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurosurgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, \u201cLucian Blaga\u201d University, 550024 Sibiu, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1269","DOI":"10.1016\/j.msec.2005.08.032","article-title":"Titanium alloys for biomedical applications","volume":"26","author":"Rack","year":"2006","journal-title":"Mater. 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