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Wear Behavior and Mechanism of Fe-Al Intermetallic Coating Prepared by Hot-Dip Aluminizing and Diffusion

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A Fe-Al intermetallic compound coating was prepared on AISI H13 steel by hot-dip aluminizing and subsequent high-temperature diffusion. Dry sliding wear tests of the Fe-Al intermetallic coating were performed at 298 K to 873 K (25 °C to 600 °C). The wear behavior of the Fe-Al intermetallic coating was noticed to vary markedly with the temperature and load. At 298 K (25 °C), the wear rate rapidly increased with an increase of the load. As the temperature was elevated, the wear rate dramatically decreased except for the cases under 300 N at 473 K and 673 K (200 °C and 400 °C). The Fe-Al intermetallic coating possessed an excellent elevated-temperature wear performance, especially at 673 K to 873 K (400 °C to 600 °C), but worse room-temperature one, which were noticed to be attributed to the existence and inexistence of thin tribo-oxide layers, respectively. Such a thin tribo-oxide layer was considered to provide a protection for the intermetallic compound. When the tribo-oxide layer did not form at room temperature or the formed one was massively delaminated above the critical load at elevated temperatures, Fe-Al intermetallic coating possessed poor wear resistance.

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Financial support of our work by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51071078), the Research and Innovation Project for College Graduates of Jiangsu Province (No. KYLX-1031) and Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of High-end Structural Materials (No. hsm1403) are gratefully acknowledged.

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    Q. Y. Zhang (Ph.D Student), Y. Zhou (Ph.D Student), K. M. Chen (Associate Professor), X. H. Cui (Associate Professor) & S. Q. Wang (Professor)

  2. Suzhou Universal Group Technology Co. Ltd., 215156, Suzhou, China

    J. Q. Liu (Senior Engineer) & J. G. Mo (Senior Engineer)

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Zhang, Q.Y., Zhou, Y., Liu, J.Q. et al. Wear Behavior and Mechanism of Fe-Al Intermetallic Coating Prepared by Hot-Dip Aluminizing and Diffusion. Metall Mater Trans A 47, 2232–2242 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-016-3414-x

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