Influence of Thermal Exposure on the Structure and Phase Composition of Aluminized Layer Obtained by Explosion Welding and Hot-Dipping Process

Abstract:

It is shown that for the formation of Fe₂Al₅ intermetallic coatings on the steel surface the aluminized layer obtained by explosion welding must be subjected to a double heat treatment (660 °C, 3 h + 640 °C, 3 h). The first heat treatment ensures the necessary size of the diffusion zone, and the second leads to the formation of a main crack at the interface of Fe₂Al₅ and FeAl₃ intermetallides, which allows to separate the unreacted layer of aluminum and form a coating with hardness of 10 GPa. To form Fe₂Al₅ intermetallic coating on the steel surface, the aluminized layer, which is immersed in the melt, must be heat treated at 800 °C. The alloying of the diffusion zone by Si and Cu with the replacement of aluminum by the AK12M2 alloy leads to a decrease in the thickness of the diffusion zone and the appearance of additional phases of Al₇Fe₂Si and (Al,Si)₅Fe₃ in its composition. The duration of the subsequent heat treatment at 800 °C for complete dissolution of the surface layer increases the hardness of the resulting coating on the basis of a solid solution of Si in Fe₂Al₅ is 7.5-8 GPa.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 946)
• Pages: 298-303
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.946.298
• Online since: February 2019
• Authors: Victor Georgievich Shmorgun, Dmitriy V. Pronichev, Vitaliy P. Kulevich*
• Keywords: Coating, Diffusion, Explosion Welding, Iron Aluminides, Liquid-Phase Aluminizing, Microhardness

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