Abstract
Wear-resistant laser-induced thermite reaction Al2O3ceramic coatings can be fabricated on pure Al and AA7075 aluminum alloy by laser cladding (one-step method) and laser cladding followed by laser re-melting (two-step method) using mixed powders CuO-Al-SiO2in order to improve the wear properties of aluminum and aluminum alloy, respectively. The microstructure of the coatings was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The wear resistance of the coatings was evaluated under dry sliding wear test condition at room temperature. Owing to the presence of hard α-Al2O3and γ-Al2O3phases, the coatings exhibited excellent wear resistance. In addition, the wear resistance of the coatings fabricated by two-step method is superior to that of the coatings fabricated by one-step method.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 89-94 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal Wuhan University of Technology, Materials Science Edition |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2008 |
Keywords
- Aluminum alloy
- Laser cladding
- Thermite reaction
- Wear
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science