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Mechanical and Tribological Behavior of Titanium and Cerium Oxide-Reinforced Plasma-Sprayed AlNiCoCrSi HEA Coatings

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AlNiCoCrSi high-entropy alloy (HEA) was synthesized by ball milling, and the formation of a single-phase BCC (body-centered cubic) solid solution was confirmed using X-ray diffraction (XRD). Three different coatings of bare HEA (H-0), HEA + 1 wt pct TiO2 + 1 wt pct CeO2 (H-1), and HEA + 2 wt pct CeO2 (H-2) were successfully fabricated using atmospheric plasma spray coating to produce thick and dense coatings. It was found that second-phase reinforcement with HEA led to a growth in the relative density of the coatings from 82 pct for H-0 to 92 pct for H-2 coatings. Consequently, improved mechanical and tribological properties for the H-1 and H-2 coatings were obtained. The hardness of the coatings showed a significant increase from 142 GPa for H-0 to 305 GPa for H-1 and 524 GPa for H-2 coatings and the elastic modulus increased from 44 to 55 and 63 GPa for H-0, H-1, and H-2, respectively. Furthermore, an improvement in wear resistance was observed with the incorporation of 2 wt pct CeO2 and 1 wt pct TiO2 + 1 wt pct CeO2 into the coatings. A reduction in the wear rate of the coatings was observed from 172 × 10−7 mm3/(N-m) for H-0 to 158 × 10−7 mm3/(N-m) for H-1 and 137 × 10−7 mm3/(N-m) for H-2 coatings. The microstructure, surface roughness, mechanical, and tribological properties were investigated to correlate them with the improved properties.

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Authors S. Sharma and Atirek Gaur acknowledge Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur for facilitating the laboratory infrastructure and financial support to carry out this work. S. Sharma also acknowledges Anup Kr Keshri for his laboratory infrastructure support from the Indian Institute of Technology Patna. Rahul Kumar sincerely acknowledges his fellowship support from ARDB (ARDB/GTMAP/01/2031995/M/I).

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AG: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, and Writing—original draft; RK: Formal analysis. PS: Data curation, Formal analysis, and investigation. UP: Methodology, Visualization, and Experimentation. AKK: Formal analysis. SS: Conceptualization, Methodology, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, and Writing—review & editing.

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Gaur, A., Kumar, R., Singh, P. et al. Mechanical and Tribological Behavior of Titanium and Cerium Oxide-Reinforced Plasma-Sprayed AlNiCoCrSi HEA Coatings. Metall Mater Trans A 54, 4757–4769 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-023-07197-4

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