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Title: The abrasion-wear resistance of arc sprayed stainless steel and composite stainless steel coatings

Abstract

Stainless steels are often used to palliate wear problems in various industries. Though they are not wear resistant, they have been used to a limited extent in applications involving both corrosive and abrasive/erosive environments. The protection of industrial components by arc sprayed stainless steel composite coatings could be considered very attractive provided these coatings offer a better wear protection than bulk stainless steel. The wear resistance of stainless steel and composite stainless steel-titanium boride coatings arc sprayed with air and argon was evaluated following the ASTM G-65 Abrasion Wear Test procedures. Wear volume loss measurements show that stainless steel coatings arc sprayed with air were slightly more resistant than bulk stainless steel while those sprayed with argon were slightly less resistant. The abrasion wear resistance of composite stainless steel-titanium diboride coatings is by two or four times beyond the wear resistance of bulk stainless steel depending upon the core wire constitution and the type of gas used for spraying. Microstructural analysis of coatings, microhardness measurements of sprayed lamellae and optical profilometry were used to characterize coatings and wear damages. Spraying with air instead of argon produced much more small particles. These particles, being removed from the metal sheath surface, aremore » individually sprayed without diluting the concentration hard phases within cores. It results in coatings that contain large lamellae with hardnesses sufficient to withstand abrasion. By considering both the wire constitution and the spraying conditions, it was found possible to fabricate composite stainless steel coatings that show a 400% increase in wear resistance over bulk stainless steel.« less

Authors:
; ;  [1]
  1. National Research Council Canada, Boucherville, Quebec (Canada)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
160510
Report Number(s):
CONF-940684-
ISBN 0-87170-509-5; TRN: IM9603%%92
Resource Type:
Book
Resource Relation:
Conference: 1994 national thermal spray conference, Boston, MA (United States), 20-24 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of 1994 Thermal spray industrial applications: Proceedings; Berndt, C.C.; Sampath, S. [eds.] [State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook, NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering]; PB: 816 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; PLASMA ARC SPRAYING; MICROSTRUCTURE; WEAR RESISTANCE; STAINLESS STEEL-304; TITANIUM BORIDES; ARGON; AIR; HARDNESS; LAMELLAE; PARTICULATES; ROUGHNESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA

Citation Formats

Dallaire, S, Legoux, J G, and Levert, H. The abrasion-wear resistance of arc sprayed stainless steel and composite stainless steel coatings. United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Dallaire, S, Legoux, J G, & Levert, H. The abrasion-wear resistance of arc sprayed stainless steel and composite stainless steel coatings. United States.
Dallaire, S, Legoux, J G, and Levert, H. 1994. "The abrasion-wear resistance of arc sprayed stainless steel and composite stainless steel coatings". United States.
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abstractNote = {Stainless steels are often used to palliate wear problems in various industries. Though they are not wear resistant, they have been used to a limited extent in applications involving both corrosive and abrasive/erosive environments. The protection of industrial components by arc sprayed stainless steel composite coatings could be considered very attractive provided these coatings offer a better wear protection than bulk stainless steel. The wear resistance of stainless steel and composite stainless steel-titanium boride coatings arc sprayed with air and argon was evaluated following the ASTM G-65 Abrasion Wear Test procedures. Wear volume loss measurements show that stainless steel coatings arc sprayed with air were slightly more resistant than bulk stainless steel while those sprayed with argon were slightly less resistant. The abrasion wear resistance of composite stainless steel-titanium diboride coatings is by two or four times beyond the wear resistance of bulk stainless steel depending upon the core wire constitution and the type of gas used for spraying. Microstructural analysis of coatings, microhardness measurements of sprayed lamellae and optical profilometry were used to characterize coatings and wear damages. Spraying with air instead of argon produced much more small particles. These particles, being removed from the metal sheath surface, are individually sprayed without diluting the concentration hard phases within cores. It results in coatings that contain large lamellae with hardnesses sufficient to withstand abrasion. By considering both the wire constitution and the spraying conditions, it was found possible to fabricate composite stainless steel coatings that show a 400% increase in wear resistance over bulk stainless steel.},
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