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Wear and Corrosion Resistance of TiN/PEEK Composite Coatings Fabricated by Gas Twin-Tunnel Plasma Spraying

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TiN/PEEK composite coatings were prepared on carbon steel substrates (0.45 wt% C) by a plasma-spraying technique by injecting TiN and PEEK powders into a double tunnel. The influence of loading on the friction coefficient and weight loss due to wear was investigated, and the wear mechanism was also analyzed. The corrosion behavior of the composite coatings was studied by potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The results show that, under the same load, the friction coefficient and weight loss of the composite coating were lower than those of the pure TiN coating. The addition of PEEK to the TiN coating results in a reduction of microcracks in the coatings, which increases the corrosion potential (Ecorr) of the composite coating and decreases the corrosion current density (Icorr) by up to half of the TiN coating, indicating better corrosion resistance.

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The authors thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51372065 and 52271055) and the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province E2015202190 and the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province E2021202130 for financial support.

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Jiang, J., Wang, Y., Chi, Y. et al. Wear and Corrosion Resistance of TiN/PEEK Composite Coatings Fabricated by Gas Twin-Tunnel Plasma Spraying. J Therm Spray Tech 32, 1273–1285 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-022-01527-5

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