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The Behavior of Gas Powder Laser Clad NiCrBSi Coatings Under Contact Loading

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The behavior of NiCrBSi coatings obtained by laser cladding from powders with various chromium, carbon and boron contents has been investigated under contact loading through microindentation using a Vickers indenter and via non-impact cyclic loading as per “sphere-to-surface” contact scheme. The phase composition of the coating containing 0.48% C, 14.8% Cr, 2.1% B is γ + Ni3B + Cr23C6 and that of the coating containing 0.92% C, 18.2% Cr, 3.3% B is γ + Ni3B + Cr7C3 + CrB. The established restrictions of the processes of plastic deformation and cracking for the more heavily alloyed and harder coating under contact fatigue loading are substantially due to its increased ability to deform predominantly in the elastic region under the used cyclic loading conditions. This is indicated by the obtained microindentation data and, therefore, the microindentation method (one-time indentation) can be used to assess the ability of the laser clad NiCrBSi coatings to withstand repeated contact loads.

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Acknowledgments

This work was done within the state order on the subject “Structure” No. 01201463331 (Project No. 15-9-12-45) and with partial financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research Grant No. 15-08-06754_a. Electron scanning microscopy and micromechanical tests were performed in Collective Use Center “Plastometriya” of the Institute of Engineering Science UB RAS.

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    R. A. Savrai, A. V. Makarov, N. N. Soboleva, I. Yu. Malygina & A. L. Osintseva

  2. M.N. Miheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 18 S. Kovalevskaya St., Yekaterinburg, 620990, Russia

    A. V. Makarov

  3. Ural Federal University, 19 Mira St., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russia

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Savrai, R.A., Makarov, A.V., Soboleva, N.N. et al. The Behavior of Gas Powder Laser Clad NiCrBSi Coatings Under Contact Loading. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 25, 1068–1075 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-016-1925-7

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