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Structural and Tribological Properties of Nanostructured Supersonic Cold Sprayed Ni-20 wt.% Sn Coatings

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80-μm-thick nanostructured coatings consisting of a Ni solid solution, Ni3Sn, Ni3Sn2, and metastable NiSn intermetallic phases were deposited via supersonic cold spraying onto inconel 718 alloy substrates. These coatings have complex nanostructured metallurgical phases as revealed by transition electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and x-ray diffraction techniques. Their mechanical properties were determined by nanoindentation measurements. Furthermore, the wear behavior of these nanostructured sprayed coatings was compared to the one of the industrial bulk or sprayed coated benchmark materials. It was found that the nanostructured coatings exhibit higher wear resistance than the industrial benchmarks, thanks to an appropriate balance of hard intermetallic phases and soft Ni matrix, as well as to their nanostructuring. Their frictional characteristics under reciprocating sliding are mainly determined by the formation of an oxide-based tribo-layer, which was analyzed by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The role of intermetallic phases in these coatings on the friction and wear is also discussed.

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This work was part of a FP7 research project SUPERSONIC (Contract Number FP7-NMR-2008-LARGE-2-CP-IP-228814-2), and of a Scientific research Network on Surface Modification of Materials funded by FWO-Flanders.

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  1. Department of MTM, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001, Leuven, Belgium

    E. P. Georgiou & J.-P Celis

  2. Falex Tribology N.V., Wingepark 23B, 3110, Rotselaar, Belgium

    E. P. Georgiou

  3. Thermal Spray Centre (CPT), Dpt. Ciència dels Materials i Enginyeria Metallúrgica, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franques 1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    S. Dosta & J. Fernández

  4. CSGI and MBN Nanomaterialia, Via Bortolan 42, Vascon di Carbonera, TV, Italy

    P. Matteazzi

  5. AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30 Ave, 30-059, Kraków, Poland

    K. Kowalski & J. Kusinski

  6. National Institute for Nonferrous and Rare Metals, 102 Biruintei Blvd, Pantelimon, Ilfov, Romania

    R. R. Piticescu

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Georgiou, E.P., Dosta, S., Fernández, J. et al. Structural and Tribological Properties of Nanostructured Supersonic Cold Sprayed Ni-20 wt.% Sn Coatings. J Therm Spray Tech 25, 1029–1039 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-016-0418-4

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