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Effect of in situ tempering on the mechanical, microstructural and corrosion properties of 316L stainless steel laser-cladded coating on mild steel

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316L stainless steel coatings were deposited on mild steel substrate using laser cladding technique. The mechanical, microstructural and corrosion properties of the coatings were performed and analysed using axial tensile testing, Vickers micro-hardness testing, optical as well as electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, fractography, dye penetrant testing and electrochemical potentiostat testing. Two types of coatings were studied; single-layer (1-L) and multi-layer (3-L). Both these coatings demonstrated good metallurgical bonding with low dilution with the substrate. The tensile strengths of both the 1-L and 3-L specimens were fairly similar; however, the ductility of the 3-L samples was significantly lower (by about 54%) compared to 1-L samples. Moreover, the 3-L specimens were found to be more susceptible to corrosion. This was attributed to the harder regions of the 3-L clad owing to the in situ tempering of the microstructure by the additional heat imparted through two sacrificial layers. In essence, it can be concluded from this study that a single-layer 316L stainless steel clad coating exhibits better corrosion resistance, whereas a multi-layer clad coating with sacrificial layers exhibits better coating hardness. These results are very important in determining the right coating type/strategy for the desired applications.

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This paper includes research that was supported by DMTC Limited (Australia) (Project number 5.77). The authors have prepared this paper in accordance with the intellectual property rights granted to partners from the original DMTC project.

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  1. School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia

    Rizwan Abdul Rahman Rashid, Muhammed Awais Javed & Suresh Palanisamy

  2. DMTC Ltd., Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia

    Rizwan Abdul Rahman Rashid, Muhammed Awais Javed, Cameron Barr, Suresh Palanisamy & Matthew Simon Dargusch

  3. RMIT Centre for Additive Manufacturing, Carlton, VIC, 3053, Australia

    Cameron Barr

  4. Department of Research and Technology, RUAG Australia, Bayswater, VIC, 3153, Australia

    Neil Matthews

  5. School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia

    Matthew Simon Dargusch

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Rizwan Abdul Rahman Rashid: conceptualization, investigation, formal analysis, original draft preparation. Muhammed Awais Javed: investigation, formal analysis, original draft preparation. Cameron Barr: investigation, formal analysis, original draft preparation. Suresh Palanisamy: conceptualization, supervision, project administration, funding acquisition, writing—reviewing and editing. Neil Matthews: conceptualization, supervision, writing—reviewing and editing. Matthew Simon Dargusch: funding acquisition, writing—reviewing and editing.

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Key highlights

i) Dependence of mechanical and corrosion performance on the number of clad layers was investigated.

ii) Tensile strength was found similar irrespective of the clad layers.

iii) Three layer-cladded samples were more prone to corrosion compared to the single layer-cladded samples.

iv) In situ tempering heat treatment due to sacrificial upper clad layers in the three layer samples was found.

v) Microstructure of the single layer-clad samples was similar to solution-annealed state.

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Rahman Rashid, R.A., Javed, M.A., Barr, C. et al. Effect of in situ tempering on the mechanical, microstructural and corrosion properties of 316L stainless steel laser-cladded coating on mild steel. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 117, 2949–2958 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-07886-7

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