Abstract
Development of nanostructured high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) coatings with low porosity, high strength and increased wear resistance is still in its infancy. Combining nanoparticles with conventional microscale powders are increasingly being investigated to use with feedstock materials for thermal spray processes. Accordingly, this work investigates the addition of nano-Al2O3 particles on the microstructure and erosion wear of NiCrSiB HVOF coating in a stainless steel (AISI 304) substrate. Particle analysis of the NiCrSiB feedstock was conducted and the maximum allowable addition of Al2O3 nanoparticles have been identified using the ‘mass mixture ratio’ model considering both the particle size and density. Consequently, two cases are considered and their performance analysed: a maximum allowable case of 1.4 wt%, followed by a 0.17 wt% addition of nano-Al2O3 with NiCrSiB. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) and x-ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis were employed to inform the microstructure, material composition and phase spectrum of the resulting coatings. Subsequently, the nanostructured coating was exposed to both a pull-off adhesion strength test and hot air jet (450 °C) hard particle erosion to characterise its performance. It was found that the microhardness of the HVOF NiCrSiB coating improved from 576 HV0.3 to 748 HV0.3 with the addition of 1.4 wt% nano-Al2O3. Furthermore, the nanostructured coating also exhibited high erosion resistance at a 90° erodent impact angle. The increase in erosion wear resistance was due to the increase in the hardness as a result of the nano-Al2O3 addition.
Highlights
Solid particle erosion wear plays an important role in the material degradation process of engineering components [1,2,3], including turbines, thermal power plants, pipelines, hydropower machinery and combustion systems [4, 5]
The results demonstrated the nano particles significantly increased the hardness of coatings (NiCoCrAlY: 350.5, NiCoCrAlY + Al2O3: 397.8, NiCoCrAlY + SiC: 484.9 and NiCoCrAlY + CeO2: 385.7)
Analysis of the feedstock From the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) data shown in figure 1., spheroidal particles can be observed for both of NiCrSiB (figure 1(a)) and nano-Al2O3 (figure 1(b)) which are critical for packing density
Summary
Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Abstract. This work investigates the addition of nano-Al2O3 particles and DOI. On the microstructure and erosion wear of NiCrSiB HVOF coating in a stainless steel (AISI 304). Particle analysis of the NiCrSiB feedstock was conducted and the maximum allowable addition of Al2O3 nanoparticles have been identified using the ‘mass mixture ratio’ model considering both the particle size and density. Two cases are considered and their performance analysed: a maximum allowable case of 1.4 wt%, followed by a 0.17 wt% addition of nano-Al2O3 with NiCrSiB. The nanostructured coating was exposed to both a pull-off adhesion strength test and hot air jet (450 °C) hard particle erosion to characterise its performance. The increase in erosion wear resistance was due to the increase in the hardness as a result of the nano-Al2O3 addition
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