Kinetics of Titanium Alloy Nitriding by Diode Laser

Abstract:

Based on the wide range study of laser gas nitriding (LGN) of commercially pure titanium and the titanium alloy Ti6Al4V by means of high power direct diode laser (HPDDL), the kinetics of nitrogen absorption by the melt pool and related titanium nitrides growth was analyzed. Also a schematic model of nitrogen absorption by the melt pool was proposed. According to the hypothetical model three cases of nitrogen absorption by the melt pool were be distinguished and discussed. It was found that in a case of HPDDL nitriding of the Ti6Al4V alloy the presence of a thin homogenous layer of TiNx on the top surface of melt pool affects the nitrogen absorption kinetics. The process of nitrogen desorption at the cooling stage of melt pool is inhibited by the layer of TiNx as well as by the phase transformation and titanium nitrides formation.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 809-810)
• Pages: 351-356
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.809-810.351
• Online since: November 2015
• Authors: Aleksander Lisiecki*
• Keywords: Diode Laser, Laser Gas Nitriding, Nitriding Kinetics, Titanium, Titanium Nitrides

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