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Title: The influence of CeO{sub 2} on the corrosion resistance of laser remelted alloy spray coatings on steel

Journal Article · · Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia
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  1. Beijing Univ. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing (China). Materials Science and Engineering Dept.

The main compositions of iron-base amorphous self-fluxing alloy powders of 150 mesh, used in this work, are Fe, Cr, Ni, W, Mo, B, Si and C. The ranges of each element in at% are (65-70)Fe, (3-5)Cr, (2-4)Ni, (2-4)W, (1-2)Mo, (10-14)B, (4-7)Si and (2-3)C. The atomic ratio of metal-metalloid is about 80:20, so this alloy is abbreviated as M{sub 80}X{sub 20}. The material on which coatings were deposited is 1020 steel, austenitized for 1h at 880 C, water quenched, and tempered at 180 C for 1h. This heat treatment resulted in a low carbon martensite structure with a hardness of HRC35-45. After cleaning, shot blasting and preheating the steel to about 200 C, the authors sprayed a thin Ni-Al alloy layer of about 0.1--0.15mm in thickness onto the specimen by means of an oxygen-acetylene torch to provide better bonding of the coating with substrate. Then the M{sub 80}X{sub 20} and M{sub 80}X{sub 20}+8%CeO{sub 2} alloy coatings were sprayed to a thickness of about 0.6--0.8mm. The CeO{sub 2} was added as particles of 200 mesh, injected into the spray, and became a component of the alloy coating. A single pass remelting process for the coating was then conducted by means of a 3kW CO{sub 2} laser. Corrosion tests gave the following results: (1) The addition of rare earth (8%CeO{sub 2}) can improve the corrosion resistance of the laser-remelted M{sub 80}X{sub 20} alloy layer remarkably, resulting in an obvious decrease of the values of ip and i{prime}p, and hence significant improvement of passivation. (2) The addition of rare earth (8%CeO{sub 2}) lowers the corrosion rate (the corrosion rate is reduced to approximately one-third of that without rare earth) of the laser remelted M{sub 80}X{sub 20} alloy coating and also changes the corrosion morphology.

OSTI ID:
27988
Journal Information:
Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, Vol. 32, Issue 6; Other Information: PBD: 15 Mar 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English