Abstract
Zirconia toughened alumina particles (ZTAp), both spherical (s-ZTAp) and irregular (i-ZTAp), reinforced iron (Fe45) matrix composites were fabricated by vacuum sintering. The influence of ZTAp size, shape and content in the microstructure and properties was investigated as well. Sliding wear and three-body rubber wheel abrasive wear tests were conducted for the composites. For the sliding wear test, Al2O3 wheel and 200 N load force were used and for the three-body wear test, abrasive was 0.2–0.4 mm quartz sand and feeding rate 350 g/min at 130 N load force. The microstructure, phase constituent, interface bonding and morphology were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and related energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The results show that phase constituent of the composites consists of Fe-Cr-Ni, (Fe, Cr)7C3, FeCrB, Al2O3 and ZrO2, the interface bonding between the ZTAp and Fe45 matrix presents non-chemical bonding. The composite with 30 vol. % ZTA particles exhibits the best wear resistance during sliding wear test. The supportive effect of iron matrix on ZTAp and the protective effect of ZTAp on the iron matrix of the composite improve wear resistance of the composites during the three-body abrasive wear process. Comparing to s-ZTAp, i-ZTAp is not easy to be pulled off due to its higher hardness and more suitable shape, therefore, i-ZTAp reinforced iron matrix composites show better wear resistance during the wear process.
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Fan, L., Chen, H., Li, H., Fu, D., Hong, H. (2019). Wear Behavior of ZTA Reinforced Iron Matrix Composites. In: Abdel Wahab, M. (eds) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Fracture Fatigue and Wear. FFW 2018. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0411-8_65
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