Physicomechanical properties of coatings based on MAX phases of Ti2AlC and (Ti, Nb)2AlC at 20ºС and 500ºС

Keywords

high alloyed steel, coating, high temperature, titanium MAX phases, micro­hard­ness, tribological characteristics, fretting fatigue.

Cite as

Podhurska V. Ya., Kuprin O. S., Chepil R. V., Ostash O. P., Prikhna T. O., Sverdun V. B., and Bortnytska M. O. Physicomechanical properties of coatings based on MAX phases of Ti₂AlC and (Ti, Nb)₂AlC at 20°С and 500°С. Physicochemical Mechanics of Materials. 2023. 59(1), 14-21.

https://doi.org/10.15407/pcmm2023.01.014

Abstract

Physicomechanical characteristics of 15Kh16k5N2MVFAB-Sh steel (0.15C–16Cr–5Co–2Ni–0.7V–0.6Mo–0.3Nb–0.4N): wear resistance at 20°C and 500°C and resistance to fretting fatigue at 20°C without and with coatings obtained by the method of vacuum-arc deposition using targets based on the MAX phases of Ti₂AlC and (Ti_1−𝑥Nb_𝑥)₂AlC, where x = 0.1 and 0.2, are investigated. At 20°C the friction coefficient and the wear specific rate of all coatings are greater than that of the studied steel in contact with a ShKh15 steel (1.0C–1.5Cr–0.3Ni–0.3Mn–0.3Si–0.25Cu) ball under a load of 2 N. Unambiguous relationship between microhardness and tribological characteristics of materials has not been recorded. The resistance to fretting fatigue of the samples with Ti₂AlC -based coating in contact with the Ni-alloy (17Cr–12W–11Fe–6Co–3Ti–1.5Nb–1.6Al) in high-cycle region (N > 10⁵ cycles) is significantly higher than that of uncoated samples. The tribological characteristics of all materials decrease at 500°C but the least for samples with Ti₂AlC based coating. We have not found positive influence of niobium doping on the wear and fretting fatigue resistance of these coatings.

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