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Synthesis of Si-NbSi2 coatings on Nb substrate by hot dip silicon-plating method under the various deposition temperatures

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The Si-NbSi2 composite coatings were prepared on Nb substrated by hot dip plating process. The surface and cross section microstructure, element distribution and formation mechanism of the coating were analyzed and summarized. Moreover, the surface roughness and micro-hardness of the coating were also measured. The results show that the composite coating has a dense and homogeneous structure. The outermost layer of the coating is composed of NbSi2 and pure Si phase, and the inner layer is columnar NbSi2 phase. It is noteworthy that there is a Nb5Si3 transition layer between NbSi2 layer and Nb substrate. With the increase of experimental temperature, the number of NbSi2 grains decreases gradually, while the grain size gradually increases. With the increase in the temperature, the surface roughness of the coating tends to increase. With the increase in experimental temperature, the surface roughness of the coating tends to increase, but it is still in the submicron size (Ra = 0.239–0.464 μm), and still has a relatively smooth and flat surface structure. In addition, with the increase of experimental temperature, more Si element are accumulated on the coating surface, and the micro-hardness of the coating increases from 176.55 to 373.65 MPa. The results of coating scratch test show that the critical load of coating cracks increases from 20.4 to 26.5 N with the increase of experimental temperature, and the coating bond strength increases gradually with the increase of temperature.

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This work was supported by the Anhui Province Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars (No.2108085Y19) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51604049).

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The manuscript was written through contributions of all authors. YYZ performed the Resources, Writing-Review & Editing, Supervision, Data Curation. FQS and TF performed the SEM, EDS, and LSCM measurements; TF and QJG performed coating depositions and image processing; LYC and QJG performed the cleaning, cutting and polishing of samples. All authors have given approval to the final version of the manuscript.

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Shen, F., Fu, T., Zhang, Y. et al. Synthesis of Si-NbSi2 coatings on Nb substrate by hot dip silicon-plating method under the various deposition temperatures. Appl. Phys. A 128, 984 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-022-06129-0

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