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Effects of Ultrasonic Shot Peening and Multi-arc Ion Plating on Microstructure and Properties of TiAlN-Coated Cemented Carbide Materials

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The objective of this work was to evaluate the microstructure, mechanical properties, tribological performance, and corrosion behavior of TiAlN coatings prepared by the ultrasonic shot peening (USSP) pre-treatment of cemented carbide substrate and multi-arc ion plating (MAIP). The TiAlN coatings modified by USSP+MAIP combined surface treatment exhibited the preferred (111) crystal orientation of TiN. The intensity of the TiAlN diffraction peak was lower than that of the TiAlN coating without the USSP pre-treatment. At the same time, the interface of the TiAlN coating after the combined USSP+MAIP surface modification became thicker, the film thickness increased, and the grain size was refined. Compared with the TiAlN coating without the USSP pre-treatment, microhardness and coating-substrate bonding force were significantly improved, having maximal values of 2554 HV0.05 and 38.58 N, respectively. Compared with the un-USSP TiAlN coating, the TiAlN coating modified by the combined USSP+MAIP surface treatment exhibited an abrasive wear mechanism and adhesive wear mechanism, revealing better tribological properties. The electrochemical results showed that the TiAlN coating modified by the combined surface treatment had a higher open-circuit potential, lower corrosion current density, and higher polarization resistance. Due to the increased film thickness and the higher structure density, the modified TiAlN coating exhibited better protection efficiency and higher charge transfer resistance.

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Acknowledgment

This study is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Nos. 51804138 and 51871114], the Science and Technology Project of Education Department of Jiangxi Province [No. GJJ180430], the National Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province [Nos. 20192ACB20003 and 2020BAB204002], the Qingjiang Young Talents Support Program of Jiangxi University of Science and Technology [No. JXUSTQJYX2020014], the Ganzhou Science and Technology Plan Project [No. zxh].

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    Xiaoxian Li, Shengjian Zhu, FuQian Tang, Xuehui Zhang & Tongxiang Liang

  2. School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, 341000, People’s Republic of China

    Huiming Chen

  3. Jiangxi Advanced Copper Industry Research Institute, Yingtan, 335000, Jiangxi, People’s Republic of China

    Xuehui Zhang

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Li, X., Zhu, S., Chen, H. et al. Effects of Ultrasonic Shot Peening and Multi-arc Ion Plating on Microstructure and Properties of TiAlN-Coated Cemented Carbide Materials. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 31, 6584–6594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-06740-5

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