Influence of thickness and Ti interlayer on scratch and wear resistance of coCrNi medium entropy alloy coatings

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Publisher

Springer

School

School of Engineering

RAS ID

71340

Funders

Australian Research Council / Hubei Longzhong Laboratory / Innovation and Entrepreneurship Plan of Jiangsu Province / Jiangsu University / University of New South Wales

Grant Number

ARC Number : DP200103152

Comments

Cao, F., Wang, H., Xie, J., Hao, Z., Luo, R., Yuan, Z., ... & Munroe, P. (2024). Influence of thickness and ti interlayer on scratch and wear resistance of coCrNi medium entropy alloy coatings. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-09723-w

Abstract

CoCrNi-based medium entropy alloys (MEAs), as one of the derivatives of the Cantor (FeNiCoCrMn) high entropy alloy, have attracted extensive research interest due to their remarkable mechanical properties and outstanding radiation and corrosion resistance. In this work, scratch and wear testing was carried out on various MEA CoCrNi coatings (of different thicknesses, both with, or without, the presence of a Ti interlayer) to study the effects of both coating thickness and the inclusion of the Ti interlayer on scratch adhesion strength and wear performance. For the MEA coatings directly deposited onto the substrates, the coating adhesion strength weakened with an increase in coating thickness. Counterintuitively, the introduction of a Ti interlayer was found to be detrimental for the scratch adhesion strength compared with the samples prepared without an interlayer, where severe surface fracture was observed for the thicker MEA CoCrNi coatings. Additionally, the wear results show that thinner CoCrNi or CoCrNi/Ti coatings demonstrate better wear resistance than their thicker counterparts. It is believed that the residual compressive stresses present in these coatings contribute a significant role in influencing their wear performance.

DOI

10.1007/s11665-024-09723-w

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