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Surface Modification of Titanium by Producing Ti/TiN Surface Composite Layers via FSP

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In this paper, we report the use of blowing nitrogen gas for the successful fabrication of a composite layer composed of Ti/TiN on a substrate of commercially pure titanium (cp-2) using the friction stir processing technique. The prepared composite layer was characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry. The maximum microhardness of the Ti/TiN composite reached 1024 HV, which is 6.4 times higher than that of the titanium substrate. The results of wear test indicated that the Ti/TiN composite layer possesses excellent abrasive and adhesive wear resistance because of the formation of the TiN and its high hardness.

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Shamsipur, A., Kashani-Bozorg, SF. & Zarei-Hanzaki, A. Surface Modification of Titanium by Producing Ti/TiN Surface Composite Layers via FSP. Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 30, 550–557 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-017-0529-z

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