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Manufacture and characteristics of Al2O3 composite coating on steel substrate by SHS process

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Many steel components are needed to be reinforced on their surface to have a high abrasive resistance and corrosion resistance. Based on self-propagating high-temperature synthesis, a process to making Al2O3 composite coatings on mild steel substrate in atmospheric environment with the help of simple auxiliary facilities was developed successfully. A pre-coated bilayer coating was employed. The effects of Fe content in pre-coated transition layer on phase composition, porosity and interfacial bonding were studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectrum (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The thermal shock resistance and abrasive resistance were investigated. When Fe content changes from 0 wt% to 50 wt%, the bond quality at first becomes better and then worse gradually. When Fe content is less 20 wt%, there is a small gap between the transition layer and the substrate; when Fe contents are 30 wt% and 40 wt%, working layer, the transition layer and the substrate bond together well. The working layer is mainly composed of Al2O3, Fe–Cr and Al(Cr)2O3 phases and has a dense structure with porosity of less than 1%. The coating has a good thermal shock resistance and abrasive resistance. The abrasive resistance of the working layer is about ten times that of the substrate.

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51379070) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2017B40314).

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    Hai-Dong Gao, Ze-Hua Wang & Jia Shao

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Gao, HD., Wang, ZH. & Shao, J. Manufacture and characteristics of Al2O3 composite coating on steel substrate by SHS process. Rare Met. 38, 704–712 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-017-0974-x

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