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Tribological Coatings Prepared by Cold Spray

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Cold spray is a remarkable coating technology that has wide-ranging applications, including additive manufacturing and repair of aerospace components. The primary class of materials used for cold spray is metal, but more recently, one finds researchers preparing metal matrix composites that are useful for tribological applications. This chapter will review briefly fundamentals of tribology and processing principles for deposition of metal matrix composites by cold spray. The primary focus will be a review of the tribology of composite coatings manufactured by cold spray that include ceramic reinforcements (e.g., Al2O3, WC) and solid lubricants (e.g., MoS2, h-BN). A discussion of the future directions for metal matrix composites made by cold spray and their usefulness for tribological applications is also presented.

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    Richard R. Chromik, Sima Ahmad Alidokht, J. Michael Shockley & Yinyin Zhang

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Chromik, R.R., Alidokht, S.A., Shockley, J.M., Zhang, Y. (2018). Tribological Coatings Prepared by Cold Spray. In: Cavaliere, P. (eds) Cold-Spray Coatings. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67183-3_11

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