Previous research has compared the mechanical properties of Ti6Al4V implanted with nitrogen using the plasma source ion immersion process and Ti6Al4V implanted with boron using the beamline process [1]. Although the nitrogen implanted Ti6Al4V had superior wear resistance it was concluded that the wear resistance of boron implanted Ti6Al4V might be improved to compareable levels if boron were implanted at lower energies to increase the concentration of boron at the surface. Boron implantation of Ti6Al4V has been conducted at combinations of 32 and 40 keV to supplement that done previously at 75 keV. Shallower boron depth profiles with higher B-concentrations in the Ti64 surface have been obtained by tailoring the combinations of ion energy and dose. This work used three different ion energy and dose combinations of 4x10~(17) B-at/cm~2 at 40 keV plus 2x10~(17) B-at/cm~2 at 32 keV, 4X10~(17) B-at/cm~2 at 40keV, and 4X10~(17) B-at/cm~2 at 32 keV plus 2x10~(17) B-at/cm~2 at 40 keV. Comparisons are made between Ti6Al4V with a shallow implanted boron depth profile, Ti6Al4V with a deeper boron depth profile and nitrogen implanted using a plasma source ion implantation process. It has been previously shown that while boron implanted Ti64 has a approx 30
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