Characterizations of Electrospark Deposition TA2 Alloy Coating on 7075 Aluminum Alloy Surface

Abstract:

Electro-spark deposition (ESD) is a microwelding process that utilizes short duration of electrical pulses to deposit electrode materials to a metallic substrate. In this paper, taking TA2 bar as electrode, a deposition layer of thickness up to 40μm was built up to on 7075 aluminum alloy substrate by means of ESD. The deposition layer is metallurgical bonded to the substrate. The microstructure, phase composition, and micro-hardness of TA2 coating were investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and micro-hardness test. The microstructure of the coating was mainly composed of TiN phase, Al3Ti phase, AlN phase and Al phase. Its micro-hardness reached 295 HV0.05, about 2 times as high as that of the substrate. The hardness at the cross-section of the entire deposition layer showed a gradient distribution.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 821-822)
• Pages: 873-876
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.821-822.873
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Ming Wei Wang*, Wen Xin, Xiu Jun Zhao, Qin Yi Ma, Shu Li
• Keywords: 7075 Aluminum Alloy, Electrospark Deposition, TA2 Alloy

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