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High hardness alumina coatings were formed at atmospheric pressure by gas tunnel plasma spraying, and the characteristics of these coatings were investigated. The hardness on the cross section of the alumina coating at a short spraying distance was more than 1300 HV, and the thickness of the hard layer increased with an increase of power input. The microstructure of the alumina coating was investigated by microscopy and x-ray diffraction (XRD) methods. It was ascertained that the cell size was small (∼10 μn), and α-alumina was dominant in the high hardness layer of the coating. Finally, the effect of plasma energy was estimated from these results.
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Kobayashi, A. Characteristics of high hardness alumina coatings formed by gas tunnel plasma spraying. JTST 5, 298–302 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02645881
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