TiC/Ti Composite Layers Fabricated by Laser Surface Alloying

Abstract:

Laser surface alloying is an attractive processing to improve surface hardness, wear and corrosion resistance. In this paper, a continuous wave CO2 laser was used to irradiate commercially pure titanium surface with pre-placed active carbon powders in argon atmosphere. A compact, well-adherent, and crack-free TiC/Ti composite layer was obtained. The microstructure and phase constitution of the alloyed layers were determined and analyzed, and the micro-hardness was measured. The result of X ray diffraction (XRD) analysis shows that the alloyed layers contain TiC and Ti (martensite). The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observation shows TiC growth morphologies have a well-developed dendrite, cellular dendrite, globular microstructure and cross-petal microstructure. The mechanism of the formation of titanium carbides is discussed. Micro-hardness of the laser surface alloyed layer was improved to 420 Hv as compared to 200 Hv of the as-received commercially pure titanium.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 336-338)
• Pages: 1148-1150
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.336-338.1148
• Online since: April 2007
• Authors: Jian Bin Zhang, Ding Fan, Jing Jie Dai, Yao Ning Sun
• Keywords: Laser Surface Alloying, TiC-Ti Composite, Titanium Carbide

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