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Development and Characterization of Al-Based Amorphous Coating

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The purpose of this article is to investigate the relationship among the material design, in situ synthesis, microstructure and mechanical properties of arc-sprayed Al-Ni-Ti amorphous coatings. The precursor reactants were designed by aluminium strip and low-purity industrial alloy powders. The results show that the Al-Ni-Ti coating displays a lamellar structure with porosity up to 1%. The volume fraction of the amorphous, crystallization temperature and hardness of the coatings are 85.9%, 365°C and 4.87 GPa, respectively. The microstructure analysis reveals that the grey region in the coating has a glassy structure and the white region has a crystalline structure of α-Al phase. In 0.6 M NaCl solution, compared with the crystalline structure of the arc-sprayed Al coating and 6061-Al alloy, the Al-Ni-Ti amorphous coating demonstrates an extraordinarily higher pitting potential (− 0.12 V) and lower corrosion current density (4.54 × 10−8 A/cm2). These investigations show that the present Al-Ni-Ti amorphous coating furnishes valuable guidance for expanding engineering applications with an inexpensive, high glass formation ability and prominent performance.

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Acknowledgements

This project is supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFC1902404), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51575159, 51975183) and the Key Research and Development Plan of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. BE2017065).

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  1. College of Mechanics and Materials, Hohai University, No. 8 Focheng West Road, Nanjing, 211100, People’s Republic of China

    Jiangbo Cheng, Yuan Feng & Chen Yan

  2. Baosteel Roll Science and Technology Co., Ltd, Changzhou, 213019, People’s Republic of China

    Xianlong Hu

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, 212003, People’s Republic of China

    Ruifeng Li

  4. National Institute of Defense Technology Innovation, Academy of Military Sciences PLA China, Beijing, 100010, People’s Republic of China

    Xiubing Liang

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Cheng, J., Feng, Y., Yan, C. et al. Development and Characterization of Al-Based Amorphous Coating. JOM 72, 745–753 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-019-03966-y

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