Abstract

This study focused on the development of ternary composite coating through incorporation of Fe-C-Si ternary powder mixtures on CP-Ti substrate and characterizes the microstructure, hardness and wears behavior in presence of Jatropha oil. In this work, the surface of commercial purity titanium (CP-Ti) was modified using a tungsten inert gas (TIG) surface melting technique. The wear behavior of coated CP-titanium was performed using pin-on-disk machine. The results showed that the melt track has dendritic microstructure which was homogenously distributed throughout the melt pool. This Fe-C-Si ternary composite coating enhanced the surface hardness of CP-Ti significantly from 175 HV for the untreated substrate to ∼800 HV for the Fe-C-Si coated CP-Ti due to the formation of intermetallic compounds.. The wear results showed that less wear volume loss was observed on the composite coated CP-Ti in presence of Jatropha-biodiesel compared to uncoated CP-Ti. The achievement of this hard Fe-C-Si composite coating on the surface of CP-Ti can broadened new prospect for many engineering applications that use biodiesel under different tribological variables.

Highlights

  • Titanium is one of the few allotropic metals that exist in two different crystallographic forms

  • This study focused on the development of ternary composite coating through incorporation of Fe-C-Si ternary powder mixtures on commercial purity titanium (CP-Ti) substrate and characterizes the microstructure, hardness and wears behavior in presence of Jatropha oil

  • It has a close-packed hexagonal structure, designated as the alpha phase whereas, at around 884 ̊C, the alpha phase transforms into a body-centred cubic structure, known as beta phase which is stable up to titanium’s melting point of 1677 ̊C

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Titanium is one of the few allotropic metals that exist in two different crystallographic forms. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 184 (2017) 012013 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/184/1/012013 Journal of Physics: Conference Series 755 (2016) 011001 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/755/1/011001 Fe-C-Si ternary composite coating on CP-titanium and its tribological properties

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