Papers by Keyword: Amorphous Coating

Abstract: A 1mm thick Al-based composite coating was fabricated on the TC4 Ti-based substrate by using the amorphous powder and the pulse laser cladding technology. The microstructure, phase composition, hardness and friction of the coating were characterized by SEM, DSC, XRD and frictional wear tester, respectively. The results showed that the coating was composed of the micron-sized crystal phases and small amounts of amorphous matrix; the coating has the dense structure and metallurgically bonds with the substrate. The microhardness of the coating was up to 500-600 HV_0.2, which was about two times of that of the TC4 Ti-based substrate. The friction coefficient of the coating was lower than that of the TC4 alloy, which improved the friction and wear properties of the TC4 substrate obviously.

Abstract: A Fe-based amorphous composite coating doped by molybdenum was fabricated by the pulse laser cladding technology. The substrate was a low carbon steel plate. The nominal composition of the powder in the range from 100 to 200 meshes was (wt.%) Cr:14.95, Mo:25.7, B:1.24, C:3.45, Y:3.40, Fe:51.29, which was selected for the laser cladding process. The microstructure, phase composition, hardness and corrosion resistance of the coatings were characterized by means of SEM, EDS, XRD , DSC and potentiodynamic polarization test. The results show that the coating which was composed of amorphous and nanocrystal phases had the dense structure and metallurgical bonding with the substrate, meanwhile with low porosity and cracks. The addition of molybdenum played an important role in improving the corrosion resistance of the coatings. With the increasing content of molybdenum, the hardness had no significant change, while the corrosion resistance of the coatings significantly increased. From the results of polarization curves, the corrosion current density of the coating added 0 wt.% Mo is higher than that of the coatings added 2 wt.% Mo and 10 wt.% Mo. The molybdenum has a superior effect on the corrosion resistance in Fe-based amorphous composite coating.

Abstract: The Fe-based amorphous composite coatings were prepared by pulse laser cladding method. The amorphous powder with the size ranging from 100 to 200 meshes was cladded on the low carbon steel plate,and the nominal composition of the powder was (wt.%) Cr:14.95, Mo:25.7, B:1.24, C:3.45, Y:3.40, Fe:51.29. The microstructure, phase composition and hardness were characterized by XRD, SEM, DSC and semi-automatic Vickers hardness tester in this study, respectively. The results show that the coating which is composed of amorphous and nanocrystal phases has the dense structure and metallurgical bonding with the substrate. The hardness of coatings was about 5 times higher than that of the substrate. With the increase of cladding layer, the average hardness of coating showed an increasing trend, and the intrinsic mechanism was discussed.

Abstract: The microstructure and corrosion resistance of Fe-based amorphous coatings prepared by laser remelting after arc spraying were studied. The laser remelting process was carried out under different energy inputs, and the processing parameters varied with the different currents, pulse widths and scanning speeds. The corrosion behavior of the coatings in 1 mol/L NaCl solution was studied through potentiodynamic and potentiostatic polarization test. The morphology and microstructure of the coatings were characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and electrochemical analyzer. A Vickers hardness tester was also used to measure the microhardness of the coatings. The analysis of the microstructure shows that the amorphous coatings are composed of amorphous matrix and nanocrystalline phases. The diffusion of elements indicates a metallurgical bonding between the coating and substrate. The electrochemical corrosion results obtained from the Tafel polarization curves verify that the amorphous composite coatings prepared by different methods show no significant differences in their corrosion resistance, while the microhardness of laser remelting coatings increase obviously with the increase of laser currents. The corrosion resistance of laser remelting coatings is improved extensively due to the amorphous matrix and embedded nanocrystals, which popularizes the applications of amorphous coatings to a large extent.

Abstract: A Fe-based amorphous composite coating was deposited on a carbon steel substrate by arc spraying, and remelted with different laser energies by the Nd: YAG laser cladding system, in order to improve the mechanical properties of the coatings. The microstructure and microhardness of the composite coatings were investigated. The variation of harndness was measured as a function of the modified layer depth, which indicates that the laser remelting improves the bonding strength and hardness. Increasing the laser power, the quality of coating gets better, but the amorphous volume fraction decreases. It is obtained that the optimal laser electric current for the coating of 280 μm thickness is about 300 A, in which the remelted coating with medium energy densities has the highest average Vickers hardness of 741. Through the volume fraction change of the nanocrytals, the hardness of the composite coating is regulated by the laser power input, which amplified the application fields of the amorphous coatings.

Abstract: The cored wires were fabricated using five kinds of amorphous compositions with high Fe content. The cored wires were sprayed to form coatings by high velocity arc spraying (HVAS) after optimizing technology. We studied the bonding strength of the coatings. The results are as follows: combining ways between coating and substrate are mainly mechanical combination. The average bond stress is above 30 MPa.

Abstract: Fe-based amorphous coating was prepared on stainless steel substrates by atmospheric plasma spraying (APS) using Fe-based amorphous powder as feedstock. Microstructures of the coating were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The corrosion behavior of coating and stainless steel were evaluated respectively in 3.5% NaCl, 10% NaOH and 1 mol/L H2SO4 aqueous solutions by electrochemical workstation. The results indicated that the coating was composed of most amorphous phase and some Fe-Cr crystalline phase. The coating exhibited the better corrosion resistance in H2SO4 solution, while the worse in NaOH.

Abstract: Amorphous Cr–C alloy coating was prepared by electrodepositing. The microhardness of the coating was tested after annealing from 100°C to 800°C and the crystallization evolution was studied by the analysis of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning caborimetry (DSC). The results showed that the crystallization evolution of the coating began at 300°C and finished around 450°C, and intermetallic compound Cr₇C₃ and Cr₂₃C₆ appeared when heat treatment temperature reached around 600°C. The microhardness, corrosion resistance as well as the adhesion of the coating all increased first with the temperature and then dropped until it attained the proper values. The microhardness reached the maximum of 1610HV_0.025 at 600°C. While the corrosion resistance and the adhesion force attained the peak value at about 400°C.

Abstract: In the present study, amorphous coatings on plain steel substrate were prepared by electric arc spraying technique. The high-speed dry sliding tribological properties of the coating were investigated on a pin-on-disc tribo-meter. The results show that amorphous phase generates in the sprayed coating. When the sliding speeds are less than 40m/s, the friction coefficient increases. The friction coefficients decrease with the sliding speed exceeding 60m/s. The wear rates increase with increasing the sliding. Phase transition occurs in the friction process.

Abstract: Partially amorphous iron-based coatings were produced onto aluminium using a powder flame-spraying process with a commercially available feedstock powder (Nanosteel SHS-7170) obtained from the Nanosteel Company Inc.. Several coating properties such as the microstructure, porosity, phase content, micro-hardness, and wear resistance were evaluated in the as-sprayed condition. As shown by the results obtained, the powder flame iron-based coatings perform relatively well in term of wear resistance in comparison with similar coatings produced using other expensive thermal spray techniques. Furthermore, this study shows that all the coating properties (microstructure, porosity, phase content, hardness and wear performance) depend strongly on the flame spraying parameters used. Finally, this paper demonstrates clearly that the flame-spray process may be used to produce amorphous iron-based coatings having a good wear resistance, and that this process appears to be a suitable inexpensive alternative to plasma or HVOF processes based on the present results.