Structural features and wear resistance of the TiAlN coating formed on the Ti–6Al–4V alloy by combining electric arc spraying and gas nitriding methods

Keywords

arc spraying, gas nitriding, wear resistance.

Cite as

Tkachuk O. V., Hvozdetskyi V. M., Student M. M., Zadorozhna Kh. R., Kovalchuk I. V., and Pohrelyuk I. M. Structural features and wear resistance of the TiAlN coating formed on the Ti–6Al–4V alloy by combining electric arc spraying and gas nitriding methods. Physicochemical Mechanics of Materials. 2024. 60(4), 060-067.

https://doi.org/10.15407/pcmm2024.04.060

Abstract

The formation of the TiAlN coating on Ti–6Al–4V alloy by combination of the arc spraying and gas nitriding methods was investigated. It was established that the TiAlN phase is formed in the coating during gas nitriding of the titanium alloy with a pre-sprayed layer of aluminum and titanium. By increasing nitriding temperature from 650 to 850°C, the content of the TiAlN phase decreased. The TiAlN coating significantly increases the surface hard­ness of the alloy (up to 12–15 GPa), and in a tribo-pair with Al₂O₃ provides significantly higher wear resistance compared to the TiN coating and untreated alloy

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