Abstract
Reactive friction stir processing was carried out on a commercially pure titanium substrate by blowing nitrogen gas into the stir zone. Surface layers were produced having non-uniform banded-type microstructures of TiN precipitates in a transformed titanium matrix. Using additional passes, near uniform dispersion of TiN precipitates (~2μm) in a matrix of fine grains (~4.5μm) with α′-Ti martensite sub-structure was achieved. Dissolution of nitrogen in the stir zone and formation of TiN-based structure were confirmed by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray and electron diffraction, respectively. The fabricated Ti/TiN (2.3vol.%) composite layer showed an average microhardness value of ~972HV, which is about six times greater than that of its underlying titanium substrate; this is attributed to the formation of hard TiN reinforcements at boundaries of fine dynamically restorated grains with α′-Ti martensite sub-structure.
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