SHINGO MINETA, SHIGENOBU NAMBA, TAKASHI YONEDA, KYOSUKE UEDA, and TAKAYUKI NARUSHIMA The microstructures of as-cast and heat-treated biomedical Co-Cr-Mo (ASTM F75) alloys with four different carbon contents were investigated. The as-cast alloys were solution treated at 1473 to 1548 K for 0 to 43.2 ks. The precipitates in the matrix were electrolytically extracted from the as-cast and heat-treated alloys. An M 23 C 6 type carbide and an intermetallic r phase (Co(Cr,Mo)) were detected as precipitates in the as-cast Co-28Cr-6Mo-0.12C alloy; an M 23 C 6 type carbide, a r phase, an g phase (M 6 C-M 12 C type carbide), and a p phase (M 2 T 3 X type carbide with a b-manganese structure) were detected in the as-cast Co-28Cr-6Mo-0.15C alloy; and an M 23 C 6 type carbide and an g phase were detected in the as-cast Co-28Cr-6Mo-0.25C and Co-28Cr-6Mo-0.35C alloys. After solution treatment, complete precipitate dissolution occurred in all four alloys. Under incomplete precipitate dissolution conditions, the phase and shape of precipitates depended on the heat-treatment conditions and the carbon content in the alloys. The p phase was detected in the alloys with carbon contents of 0.15, 0.25, and 0.35 mass pct after heat treatment at high temperature such as 1548 K for a short holding time of less than 1.8 ks. The presence of the p phase in the Co-Cr-Mo alloys has been revealed in this study for the first time.