Microstructure, mechanical and erosion wear analysis of post heat treated iron alloy based coating with varying chromium

Abstract

AbstractThe present work focuses on the effect of annealing heat treatment on the microstructure, mechanical and erosion properties of iron alloy based coatings with varying chromium content. High velocity oxygen fuel coating method was used to deposit the coating over the substrate material 316 L stainless steel. The study was done in terms of microstructural analysis using x‐ray diffractometer, surface and cross‐sectional morphology using field emission scanning electron microscope, mechanical and erosion wear analysis. It was found that x‐ray diffractometer indicated presence of less amount of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and silicon dioxide (SiO2) after heat treatment. However, the peaks of hardened phase of diironylidenetitanium (Fe2Ti) and iron‐chromium (Fe−Cr) was increased. Addition of chromium up to 10 wt. % improved the hardness and adhesion pull of strength by 16 % and 62 % respectively. On the other side heat treatment of iron alloy based coating having 10 wt. % chromium increased the hardness and adhesion pull off strength by 17.3 % and 35 % respectively. The erosion wear rate was also decreased with the annealing process. The study shows that the annealing process increases hardness and adhesion pull off strength but decreases porosity and erosion wear rate.