As one of the new additive manufacturing processes,electron beam melting(EBM)has seen its promising potential in the fabrication of metal matrix composites(MMCs)components with complex geometries.In this work,WC_P/NiBSi MMCs were fabricated by EBM and plasma-transferred arc welding(PTAW)for a comparative study.The microstructures of both samples were examined using a scanning electron microscope(SEM)equipped with an electron backscattered diffraction(EBSD)detector.The macrohardness was tested using a Rockwell hardness method(Type C),while the microhardness was measured using different loadings(0.5-1.0 N)based on different phases.The anti-abrasion performance was tested as per the ASTM G105 standard.The corrosion behavior of the MMCs was also assessed by potentiodynamic polarization.The results indicate that the EBM bulk and the PTAW cladding MMCs exhibit different microstructures due to the different local solidification conditions.This is believed to lead to the varied mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of the MMCs,and the possible mechanisms were also discussed.
Intermetallic compound β-NiAl is a promising material in high temperature applications due to its high melting temperature,high strength,low density,and good oxidation resistance.However,its application remains limited because of its relatively poor cyclic oxidation resistance.Addition of reactive element(RE)Dy can improve the cyclic oxidation of NiAl alloys significantly.However,the mechanism of Dy addition is not clear.Even the existence pattern of Dy in NiAl is unspecified.Therefore,in the present study,the impurity formation energies of Dy in stoichiometric NiAl,Ni-rich,and Al-rich NiAl for the substitution cases were studied by first-principles density functional theory.The results show that Dy could hardly substitute for either Ni or Al atoms in NiAl.However,calculations for dissolution energies show that Dy could be easily dissolved in Al vacancies in all three types of NiAl,which provides a new existence pattern of Dy in NiAl beyond experimental detection.
LaTi 2 Al 9 O 19 (LTA) exhibits promising potential as a new kind of thermal barrier coating (TBC) material, due to its excellent high-temperature capability and low thermal conductivity. In this paper, LTA/yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) TBCs are produced by atmospheric plasma spraying. Hot corrosion behavior and the related failure mechanism of the coating are investigated. Decomposition of LTA does not occur even after 1 458 hot corrosion cycles at 1 373 K, revealing good chemical stability in molten salt of Na 2 SO 4 and NaCl. However, the molten salt infiltrates to the bond coat, causing dissolving of the thermally grown oxide (TGO) in the molten salt and hot corrosion of the bond coat. As a result, cracking of the TBC occurs within the oxide layer. In conclusion, the ceramic materials LTA and YSZ reveal good chemical stability in molten salts of Na 2 SO 4 and NaCl, and the bond coat plays a significant role in providing protection for the component against hot corrosion in the LTA/YSZ TBCs. LTA exhibits very promising potential as a novel TBC material.
To reveal the influence of substrate/coating interdiffusion on the cyclic oxidation property of a metallic coating, cyclic oxidation behavior of an EB-PVD CoCrAlY coating on directionally solidified Ni-based superalloy DZ125 at 1 050 oC is investigated. The 40 μm thick CoCrAlY coating has a cyclic oxidation life of around 160 h, and the oxidation constant is 1.915× 10.7 mg4·cm.8·s.1. However, severe spallation of the oxides containing Co, Cr, Ni, Ta and Ti occurs with longer cyclic oxidation. The degradation in oxidation resistance for the coating is related to the depletion of Al due to the oxide spallation and interdiffusion. Severe interdiffusion between the coating and underlying substrate occurs at 1 050 oC. The composition of the substrate has an important effect on the thermal cycling lifetime of the coating. The influencing mechanism is discussed.
Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) are mostly applied to hot components of advanced turbine engines to insulate the components from hot gas. The effect of sintering on thermal conductivity and thermal barrier effects of conventional plasma sprayed and nanostructured yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) are investigated. Remarkable increase in thermal conductivity occurs to both typical coatings after heat treatment. The change of porosity is just the opposite. The grain size of the nanostructured zirconia coating increases more drastically with annealing time compared to that of the conventional plasma sprayed coating, which indicates that coating sintering makes more contributions to the thermal conductivity of the nanostructured coating than that of the conventional coating. Thermal barrier effect tests using temperature difference technique are performed on both coatings. The thermal barrier effects decrease with the increase of thermal conductivity after heat treatment and the decline seems more drastic in low thermal conductivity range. The decline in thermal barrier effects is about 80 °C for nanostructured coating after 100 h heat treatment, while the conventional coating reduces by less than 60 °C compared to the as-sprayed coating.
