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Formation of Cr2O3 Diffusion Barrier Between Cr-Contained Stainless Steel and Cold-Sprayed Ni Coatings at High Temperature

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A novel approach to prepare a coating system containing an in situ grown Cr2O3 diffusion barrier between a nickel top layer and 310SS was reported. Cold spraying was employed to deposit Ni(O) interlayer and top nickel coating on the Cr-contained stainless steel substrate. Ni(O) feedstock was prepared by mechanical alloying of pure nickel powders in ambient atmosphere, acting as an oxygen provider. The post-spray annealing was adopted to grow in situ Cr2O3 layer between the substrate and nickel coating. The results revealed that the diffusible oxygen can be introduced into nickel powders by mechanical alloying. The oxygen content increases to 3.25 wt.% with the increase of the ball milling duration to 8 h, while Ni(O) powders maintain a single phase of Ni. By annealing the sample in Ar atmosphere at 900 °C, a continuous Cr2O3 layer of 1-2 μm thick at the interface between 310SS and cold-sprayed Ni coating is formed. The diffusion barrier effect evaluation by thermal exposure at 750 °C shows that the Cr2O3 oxide layer effectively suppresses the outward diffusion of Fe and Cr in the substrate effectively.

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The present project is supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2014M552436) and National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2012CB625104).

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    Ya-Xin Xu, Xiao-Tao Luo, Cheng-Xin Li, Guan-Jun Yang & Chang-Jiu Li

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Xu, YX., Luo, XT., Li, CX. et al. Formation of Cr2O3 Diffusion Barrier Between Cr-Contained Stainless Steel and Cold-Sprayed Ni Coatings at High Temperature. J Therm Spray Tech 25, 526–534 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-015-0371-7

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