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Tailoring corrosion resistance of laser-cladded Ni/WC surface by adding rare earth elements

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The corrosion is a major limiting factor for steel in the harsh environments and can be controlled by depositing protective passive coatings. Nickel-based alloy cladding of steel offers a solution by enabling better wear and corrosion resistance, and high bonding strength. The laser surface cladding of steel was conducted using a high-power direct diode laser. Layers of tungsten carbide in Ni (40% Ni-60% WC) combined with 1 and 2% lanthanum oxide (La2O3) and cerium oxide (CeO2) were deposited on ASTM A36 steel substrate. The X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy were employed to study the morphology, microstructure, and phase evaluation of the cladded layer. Further, anodic polarization on the laser-cladded coupons in 3.5 wt% NaCl shows significant enhancement of the corrosion resistance. The addition of La2O3 and CeO2 improves the corrosion resistance and the hardness of the clad.

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The authors would like to thank Andrzej Socha, a research engineer at RCAM, for his assistance in conducting the experiments.

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This work was financially supported by the Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing (RCAM) at SMU.

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  1. Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 75205, USA

    Sayeed Mohammed, Zhe Zhang & Radovan Kovacevic

  2. Laboratory for Laser Materials Processing and Synthesis, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76203, USA

    Ravi Shanker Rajamure & Narendra B Dahotre

  3. Coherent Inc., Santa Clara, CA, 95051, USA

    Prabu Balu

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Mohammed, S., Rajamure, R.S., Zhang, Z. et al. Tailoring corrosion resistance of laser-cladded Ni/WC surface by adding rare earth elements. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 97, 4043–4054 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-018-2227-z

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