“High Temperature Tribological Response of TIG Arc Assisted Ti–6Al–4V Alloy Reinforced with Ex-situ and In-situ Grown Ceramic Phases”

This study investigates the high temperature dry sliding wear behavior of base alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) and its surface engineered variants developed through conventional Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) arc treatment both with and without ceramic reinforcements (SiC and B4C). Pin on disc wear tests were conducted at room temperature, 150 °C, and 300 °C under normal loads of 3 kg and 6 kg to simulate realistic thermomechanical service conditions. Microstructural and phase evolution were analyzed using optical microscopy, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) and Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), while the mechanical response was evaluated through microhardness and high temperature wear testing. TIG arc surface modification led to significant refinement in microstructure and a notable hardness enhancement from ∼250 HV in the base metal to ∼840 HV in B4C reinforced samples corresponding to a ∼232% increase due to the formation of hard phases like TiB and TiC. This improvement in mechanical properties translated into remarkable wear resistance at elevated temperatures. The B4C + TIG samples exhibited the most superior performance achieving wear depth reductions of up to ∼52% at room temperature, ∼85% at 150 °C, and maintaining wear increase below 10% even at 300 °C under high load outperforming SiC + TIG, BM + TIG, and unmodified Ti64. Overall, TIG arc surface engineering particularly with B4C reinforcement proves to be an effective strategy to enhance the high temperature tribological performance of base alloy making it highly suitable for aerospace, biomedical, and automotive applications.

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成果名称:低表面能涂层

合作方式:技术开发

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