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Wear Resistance Enhancement of Ti-6Al-4 V Alloy by Applying Zr-Modified Silicide Coatings

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Zr-modified silicide coatings were prepared on Ti-6Al-4 V alloy by pack cementation process to enhance its wear resistance. The microstructure and wear properties of the substrate and the coatings were comparatively investigated using GCr15 and Al2O3 as the counterparts under different sliding loads. The obtained Zr-modified silicide coating had a multilayer structure, consisting of a thick (Ti,X)Si2 (X represents Al, Zr and V elements) outer layer, a TiSi middle layer and a Ti5Si4 + Ti5Si3 inner layer. The micro-hardness of the coating was much higher than the substrate and displayed a decrease tendency from the coating surface to the interior. Sliding against either GCr15 or Al2O3 balls, the coatings showed superior anti-friction property to the Ti-6Al-4 V alloy, as confirmed by its much lower wear rate under each employed sliding condition.

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The authors are grateful to the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51301115), the Programme of Talent Introduction Project of Sichuan University of Science and Engineering (No. 2016RCL22), the Open Fund of Material Corrosion and Protection Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province (No. 2016CL18) and the Major Project Education Department of Sichuan Province (No. 17ZA0268).

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    Xuan Li, Guangzhong Hu, Wenling Xie & Xiulan Li

  2. Material Corrosion and Protection Key Laboratory of Sichuan province, Sichuan, China

    Xuan Li

  3. China United Northwest Institute for Design and Research, Xi’an, 710082, China

    Jin Tian & Wei Tian

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Li, X., Hu, G., Tian, J. et al. Wear Resistance Enhancement of Ti-6Al-4 V Alloy by Applying Zr-Modified Silicide Coatings. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 27, 1073–1082 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-018-3203-3

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