Several plasma diffusion processes for improving wear properties of Ti6Al4V alloy


YETİM A., YILDIZ F., Vangolu Y., ALSARAN A., ÇELİK A.

WEAR, cilt.267, sa.12, ss.2179-2185, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 267 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.wear.2009.04.005
  • Dergi Adı: WEAR
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2179-2185
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Nitriding, Oxidizing, Oxynitriding, Friction-wear, Ti6Al4V, Hardness, TI-6AL-4V ALLOY, GLOW-DISCHARGE, SURFACE MODIFICATION, TITANIUM, BEHAVIOR
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Different kinds of diffusion processes, plasma nitriding, oxidizing and oxynitriding as of a combination of other two, have been applied to Ti6Al4V alloy to evaluate the effect of treatment times (1 and 4 h) and temperatures (650 and 750 degrees C) on wear properties of the alloy. It was observed that a hard modified layer was produced on the surface of the alloy after each diffusion process. While TiN and TO phases form in the modified layer with plasma nitriding, mainly TiO2 phase forms after plasma oxidizing treatment. The wear tests performed at different normal loads showed that all treated samples, except for nitrided and oxidized at 650 degrees C for 1 h, exhibited higher wear resistance than untreated Ti6Al4V alloy. The plasma nitrided samples showed adhesive wear. On the other hand, while the plasma oxidizing samples displayed adhesive wear at lower loads, wear mechanism changed to abrasive wear as the load increased because the oxide film which covers the surface was broken during the sliding at higher loads. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.