High temperature oxidation resistance of plasma sprayed NiCrAl＋（ZrO2＋Y2O3） gradated coating on stainless steel surface

The plasma sprayed gradated coating with the bottom layer of NiCrA1 and the top layer of （ZrO2＋Y2O3） was prepared by the plasma spraying technique. The phase structure and morphology of the gradated coating were analyzed by means of X-ray diffractometry （XRD） and scanning electron microscopy （SEM）. The high temperature oxidation resistance of the plasma sprayed samples at 800℃ was investigated. The oxidation kinetics curve was obtained. The results show that the thickness of gradated coating is about 410 μm. The plasma sprayed gradated coating on stainless steel surface can improve the high temperature oxidation resistance of stainless steel. The oxidation rate of stainless steel is less than that of plasma sprayed gradated coating. The oxidation film of plasma sprayed sample is very dense and is not easily exfoliated. The dense oxidation film prevents the stainless steel from more oxidation.     

Porosity and surface roughness simulation of nickel-aluminum coating in plasma spray forming

As the important evaluation parameters concerning the spray qualities, the porosity and surface roughness of the coatings obtained by thermal spray forming have great influence on their forming accuracy, mechanical properties and service lifetime. But it is difficult to predict or control the two parameters for such a highly nonlinear process. A two-dimensional simulation of coating porosity and surface roughness of nickel-aluminum alloy （Ni-5%Al） in plasma spray forming was presented, which was based on the multi-dimensional statistical behaviors of the droplets as well as the simplification and digitization of the typical splat cross sections. Further analysis involving the influence of the droplet diameters and the scanning velocities of the spray gun on the two parameters was conducted. The simulation and analysis results indicate that the porosity and surface roughness are more influenced by the droplet diameters, but less influenced by the spray gun velocities. The results will provide basis for the prediction or control of coating mechanical properties by depositing parameters.     

Effect of carbon on tribological property of plasma carburized TiAl based alloy

Plasma carburization at two different methane-to-argon gas ratios （5：5 and 6：5） was carried out on the cast TiAI based alloy of Ti-46.5Al-2.5V-1Cr （mole fraction, %） in order to enhance its wear resistance. The results show that after carburization under both carburizing atmospheres, Ti2AlC and TiC are the main carbides in the carburized layer and the value of surface hardness reaches more than HK 822, but for the carburized TiA; treated at CH4：Ar of 5-5, the surface carbon concentration is higher and the carburized depth is slightly thicker than that of alloy carburized at CH4：Ar of 6：5. The result of the ball-on-disk test against hardening-steel counter bodies shows that the wear resistance of the TiAl based alloy carburized under two different carburizing atmospheres is improved compared with non-carburized TiAl. The tribological property is related to the carbon content, and the carburized layer obtained at CH4：Ar of 5：5 possesses a stable friction coefficient, lower volume loss or wear rate and narrow wear scar, The characteristic of the carburized layer was examined by using optical microscopy, glow discharge spectrum and micro-hardness tester.     

Effect of vacuum heat treatment on microstructure and microhardness of cold sprayed Cu-4Cr-2Nb alloy coating

The effect of vacuum heat treatment on the microstructure and microhardness of cold-sprayed Cu-4%Cr-2%Nb alloy coating was investigated. The heat treatment was conducted under the temperatures from 250 ℃ to 950 ℃ with a step of 100 ℃ for 2 h. It was found that a dense thick Cu-4Cr-2Nb coating could be formed by cold spraying. After heat treatment, a Cr2Nb phase was uniformly distributed in the matrix, which was transferred from the gas-atomized feedstock. A little grain growth of Cr2Nb phase was observed accompanying with the healing-up of the incomplete interfaces between the deposited particles at the elevated temperatures. The coating microhardness increases a little with increasing the temperature to 350 ℃, and then decreases with further increasing temperature up to 950 ℃. This fact can be attributed to the microstructure evolution during the heat treatment.     

Oxidation and hot corrosion behavior of Ti2AlNb-based alloy with and without enamel coating at 800℃

The oxidation and hot corrosion behavior of Ti2AlNb-based alloy with and without enamel coating at 800 ℃ was investigated. The results indicated that Ti-22Al-25Nb alloy exhibited poor oxidation resistance at 800 ℃. The constitution of oxide scale had the effect on its oxidation rate. Because of the S and Cl accelerating the corrosion process, Ti-22Al-25Nb alloy suffered severe hot corrosion and exhibited very poor hot corrosion resistance, Enamel coating could remarkably improve the high temperature oxidation resistance of Ti-22Al-25Nb alloy because it had good chemical stability and matched thermal expansion coefficient with the substrate. In （Na,K）2SOa＋NaCl molten salts at 800 ℃, chemical reactions between molten salts and enamel coating occurred and complicated products formed on the surface of the enamel coating; Cl in the molten salts could penetrate through the coating and induced the substrate corrosion, but enamel coating still had good hot corrosion resistance.     

Effect of electrolyte temperature on the nano-carbonitride layer fabricated by surface nanocrystallization and plasma treatment on a γ-TiAl alloy

The distribution of nano-carbonitrides produced by the treatments of surface nanocrystallization and plasma electrolytic carbonitriding on a γ-TiAl was investigated by means of figure analysis. The skewness and kurtosis of Gaussian shape distribution curves were studied and the effect of electrolyte temperature was determined. The usage of lower temperatures of the electrolyte is more suitable for achieving lower sizes of complex nano-carbonitrides. The surface roughness of treated samples was measured and it was observed that there is an optimum level of electrolyte temperature for surface roughness increase (difference between two measured data).