{"title":"Study on laves phase precipitation induced by transition elements in RHEAs coatings on Ti-6Al-4 V surface: Microstructure and tribological behaviors","authors":"Shuo Wang, Xiufang Cui, Guo Jin, Wei Zheng, Yufei Liu, Shengming Wu, Zilong Wu, Hongge Liu, Junyan Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.matchar.2025.115069","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Refractory elements typically form Laves phases when combined with transition elements, significantly contributing to wear resistance by altering the phase composition. The Ti-Al-Zr-V-Ni system is designed to facilitate the preparation of RHEAs coating on TC4 surface using laser cladding technology, with a focus on exploring its phase composition and microstructure transformation. Additionally, an in-depth analysis was conducted on the friction behavior at both room temperature and 600 °C. This paper provides theoretical guidance for RHEAs coating design and friction application. It has been observed that the Laves phase grows in proximity to the BCC main phase within the Ti-Al-Zr-V-Ni coating, and the interface between these two phases is considered semi-coherent, thereby ensuring excellent interfacial stability. Laves phase provides T2 coating with higher microhardness (624.40HV<sub>0.3</sub>) and better wear resistance at RT (wear rate of 1.78 × 10<sup>−13</sup>m<sup>3</sup>N<sup>−1</sup> m<sup>−1</sup>). The enhancement of wear resistance can be attributed to the suppression of micro-cracks, micron-scale delamination, and peeling by hard Laves phases. Additionally, the Ni-rich Laves phase induced the growth of a dense oxide glaze layer by high-temperature oxidation test. Laves phase also plays an additional lubrication role in high-temperature friction, thus obtaining excellent wear resistance in T2 coating at 600 °C (wear rate of 1.33 × 10<sup>−14</sup>m<sup>3</sup>N<sup>−1</sup> m<sup>−1</sup>).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18727,"journal":{"name":"Materials Characterization","volume":"224 ","pages":"Article 115069"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Materials Characterization","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1044580325003584","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, CHARACTERIZATION & TESTING","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Refractory elements typically form Laves phases when combined with transition elements, significantly contributing to wear resistance by altering the phase composition. The Ti-Al-Zr-V-Ni system is designed to facilitate the preparation of RHEAs coating on TC4 surface using laser cladding technology, with a focus on exploring its phase composition and microstructure transformation. Additionally, an in-depth analysis was conducted on the friction behavior at both room temperature and 600 °C. This paper provides theoretical guidance for RHEAs coating design and friction application. It has been observed that the Laves phase grows in proximity to the BCC main phase within the Ti-Al-Zr-V-Ni coating, and the interface between these two phases is considered semi-coherent, thereby ensuring excellent interfacial stability. Laves phase provides T2 coating with higher microhardness (624.40HV0.3) and better wear resistance at RT (wear rate of 1.78 × 10−13m3N−1 m−1). The enhancement of wear resistance can be attributed to the suppression of micro-cracks, micron-scale delamination, and peeling by hard Laves phases. Additionally, the Ni-rich Laves phase induced the growth of a dense oxide glaze layer by high-temperature oxidation test. Laves phase also plays an additional lubrication role in high-temperature friction, thus obtaining excellent wear resistance in T2 coating at 600 °C (wear rate of 1.33 × 10−14m3N−1 m−1).
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Materials Characterization features original articles and state-of-the-art reviews on theoretical and practical aspects of the structure and behaviour of materials.
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