WEI Nai-an,WEI Chun-bei,DAI Ming-jiang,BO Song,LIN Song-sheng,HOU Hui-jun,LI Hong,SU Yi-fan,TANG Peng.Effect of Rare Earth Content on the Microstructure and Friction Properties of Ti6Al4V Alloy by Plasma Nitriding[J],49(3):148-154
Effect of Rare Earth Content on the Microstructure and Friction Properties of Ti6Al4V Alloy by Plasma Nitriding
Received:June 24, 2019  Revised:March 20, 2020
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DOI:10.16490/j.cnki.issn.1001-3660.2020.03.019
KeyWord:TC4 titanium alloy  plasma nitriding  rare earth  TiN  microhardness  friction and wear
                          
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WEI Nai-an 1.School of Material Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha , China; 2.a.National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Materials Surface Engineering Technology; b.Key Lab of Guangdong for Modern Surface Engineering Technology, Guangdong Institute of New Materials, Guangzhou , China
WEI Chun-bei 2.a.National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Materials Surface Engineering Technology; b.Key Lab of Guangdong for Modern Surface Engineering Technology, Guangdong Institute of New Materials, Guangzhou , China
DAI Ming-jiang 2.a.National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Materials Surface Engineering Technology; b.Key Lab of Guangdong for Modern Surface Engineering Technology, Guangdong Institute of New Materials, Guangzhou , China
BO Song 1.School of Material Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha , China
LIN Song-sheng 2.a.National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Materials Surface Engineering Technology; b.Key Lab of Guangdong for Modern Surface Engineering Technology, Guangdong Institute of New Materials, Guangzhou , China
HOU Hui-jun 2.a.National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Materials Surface Engineering Technology; b.Key Lab of Guangdong for Modern Surface Engineering Technology, Guangdong Institute of New Materials, Guangzhou , China
LI Hong 2.a.National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Materials Surface Engineering Technology; b.Key Lab of Guangdong for Modern Surface Engineering Technology, Guangdong Institute of New Materials, Guangzhou , China
SU Yi-fan 2.a.National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Materials Surface Engineering Technology; b.Key Lab of Guangdong for Modern Surface Engineering Technology, Guangdong Institute of New Materials, Guangzhou , China
TANG Peng 2.a.National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Materials Surface Engineering Technology; b.Key Lab of Guangdong for Modern Surface Engineering Technology, Guangdong Institute of New Materials, Guangzhou , China
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Abstract:
      The work aims to investigate the influence of rare earth content on the structure and properties of Ti6Al4V alloy by plasma nitriding. Plasma nitriding of Ti6Al4V(TC4) titanium alloy was carried out by plasma surface modification technology. Rare earth with different contents were introduced as accelerating agents in the nitriding process to obtain strengthening layer on titanium alloy surface. Microstructure and phase composition of nitrided layer were observed and evaluated by SEM and XRD. Chemical components were detected by EDS. Microhardness was tested by Vickers microhardness tester. The friction and wear properties of the infiltration layer were tested by ball-disc friction and wear tester and three- dimensional profiler. The structure of plasma nitrided layer on TC4 alloy surface consisted of compound layer (δ-TiN phase) and diffusion layer (N-Ti solid solution mainly formed by diffusion of N atoms.). Rare earth could promote the diffusion of N into the matrix during nitriding process, thus increasing the nitriding speed, the thickness, the microhardness and the wear properties. The diffusion layer could smooth the hardness gradient between the titanium alloy matrix and the compound layer. When the flow rate of the rare earth content was 60 mL/min, the thickness of the nitride layer reached 155 μm and the surface mircohardness was 1275HV0.05. The friction coefficient was reduced to 0.27, and the wear rate was obviously reduced. The addition of rare earth elements in the plasma nitriding process can effectively increase the penetration rate and improve the hardness and the wear resistance of the nitriding layer.
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