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High-Velocity Oxygen Fuel-Sprayed WC-10Co4Cr Coatings on AISI 4135 Steel Substrate: Tensile and Fatigue Properties

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In most studies of WC-based cermet coatings, attention has been given to the erosion, corrosion and wear resistance of the coatings. However, there have been a few studies highlighting the effect of spray WC-based cermet coating on the mechanical properties of the coating system. In this paper, AISI 4135 steel was used as the substrate to prepare WC-10Co4Cr coating by High-Velocity Oxygen Fuel technology (HVOF), and the tensile and fatigue properties of the HVOF-sprayed WC-10Co4Cr coating system were studied. This study showed that the WC-10Co4Cr coating degraded the tensile properties of the coating system, and with thicker coatings, this trend was more obvious. In addition, the fatigue life under different loads of the coating system was declined by spraying WC-10Co4Cr coating.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Number 52175196), the Pre-Research Program in National 14th Five-Year Plan (Grant Number 61409230614), and the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities (Grant Numbers 265QZ2021008, 2652019069).

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  1. School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, People’s Republic of China

    Yong-kuan Zhou, Jia-jie Kang, Wen Yue, Tian-yang Yue, Zhi-qiang Fu, Li-na Zhu & Ding-shun She

  2. Institute of Flexible Electronics Technology of Tsinghua. Zhejiang, Jiaxing, 314000, People’s Republic of China

    Jia-jie Kang

  3. Zhengzhou Institute, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Zhengzhou, 451283, People’s Republic of China

    Jia-jie Kang, Wen Yue, Zhi-qiang Fu, Li-na Zhu & Ding-shun She

  4. State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People’s Republic of China

    Jia-jie Kang

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Zhou, Yk., Kang, Jj., Yue, W. et al. High-Velocity Oxygen Fuel-Sprayed WC-10Co4Cr Coatings on AISI 4135 Steel Substrate: Tensile and Fatigue Properties. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 32, 524–533 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-07136-1

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