Abstract
A novel surface treatment combined with depositing Cr films followed by plasma nitriding was carried out on the surface of the 2024 Al alloy. Nano-grained Cr films were firstly deposited on the substrate surface by using magnetron sputtering, then plasma nitrided at 490 °C for 8 h under a gas mixture of 25% N2+75% H2. Microstructures and mechanical properties of the as-obtained coatings were characterized by using X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and nanoindentation. Results showed that a nitride/aluminide multilayer coating was obtained due to N-Cr and Cr-Al diffusion reaction. The outside nitride layer consisted of mainly CrN with nano crystals. The inner aluminide layer was composed of Al4Cr with nano lath-shaped structure and Al18Cr2Mg3 with large rectangle crystals. The nitrided surface showed a remarkable increase in hardness (15.4 GPa) than that of the untreated Cr film (5.2 GPa). The high valves of H/E ratio (0.078) and H3/E2 ratio (0.094) indicated the better wear resistance and plastic deformation resistance for the nitride surface.
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