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Improvement of erosion resistance of titanium with different surface treatments

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To improve the erosion resistance of titanium, several surface treatment methods were applied: (1) duplex treatment with carbon nitride film deposited on a plasma-nitrided layer, (2) diamond coating, and (3) laser alloying. Duplex treatment could improve the erosion resistance of titanium under a low impact velocity of erosion particles. However, under a high velocity of erosion particles, because of the shallow depth of the plasma-nitrided layer and low load-bearing capacity of carbon nitride layer on the plasma-nitrided specimen, the improvement of erosion resistance was not significant. Diamond coatings with a thickness of 15 µm made no significant improvement on the erosion resistance of the titanium substrate. The large-area spallation of diamond coating during erosion was observed, probably due to the high residual stresses, poor load-bearing capacity, and brittle nature of diamond coatings. Compared with untreated Ti substrate, the erosion resistance of the laser-alloyed (nitrided) specimen was improved significantly. The erosion mechanisms for laser-nitrided titanium were characterized by chipping, brittle fracture, and formation of large flakes in the laser-nitrided layers.

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    Yongqing Fu, Hejun Du & Yanwei Gu

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Fu, Y., Du, H. & Gu, Y. Improvement of erosion resistance of titanium with different surface treatments. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 9, 571–579 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1361/105994900770345719

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