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Effect of nano-WC on wear and impact resistance of Ni-based multi-layer coating by laser cladding

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The WC/Ni coatings were prepared by the laser cladding of Ni-based powders containing nano-WC particles with different contents. The effect of nano-WC particles on the wear resistance and impact resistance of Ni-based coatings were studied. The SEM and XRD were used to analyze the microstructure of the composite coating. The wear tester and charpy impact tester were used to test the wear resistance and impact resistance of the composite coatings. The microstructure of the coating is refined by nano-WC. The wear rate of the nano-WC coating was 53.43% lower than that of the Ni45 coating. The impact toughness of the coating was 13.37% higher than that of Ni45 coating. The nano-WC hinders the crack propagation in the grain boundary and eutectic region. Thus, the nano-WC can increase the impact energy required for coating fracture and significantly improve the impact toughness of the coating. Nano-WC can reduce the uneven slip of dislocations and alleviate the accumulation of dislocations by the analysis of the finite element. Nano-WC can effectively disperse the stress concentration formed in the impact process of the coating. Nano-WC can significantly improve the impact resistance of the composite coating. The results show that nano-WC can improve the wear resistance and impact resistance simultaneously.

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The authors thankfully acknowledge the support of Inner Mongolia University of Technology and Changchun University of Science and Technology.

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This work was supported by the Basic Scientific Research Business Expenses of Universities Directly under the Autonomous Region (Grant numbers JY20220262), the Natural Science Foundation of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (Grant numbers 2023QN05013), the Program for Innovative Research Team in Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (Grant numbers NMGIRT2213), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant numbers 2017YFB1104601), and the Scientific Research Start-up Fund Project of Inner Mongolia University of Technology (Grant numbers DC2200000878).

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    Yunfeng Li, Shufeng Tang, Jianxin Wu, Wenzhi Zhang & Jiasheng Wang

  2. School of Mechanical and Electric Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, 130022, China

    Yan Shi

  3. National Base of International Science and Technology Cooperation for Optics, Changchun, 130022, China

    Yan Shi

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Yunfeng Li: methodology, the platform building, data collection, investigation, writing—original draft preparation. Yan Shi: conceptualization, supervision, writing—reviewing and editing. Shufeng Tang: reviewing and editing. Jianxin Wu: platform building. Wenzhi Zhang: data collection. Jiasheng Wang: data collection.

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Li, Y., Shi, Y., Tang, S. et al. Effect of nano-WC on wear and impact resistance of Ni-based multi-layer coating by laser cladding. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 128, 4253–4268 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-12035-3

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