Hot isostatic pressing of in-situ TiB/Ti-6Al-4V composites with novel reinforcement architecture, enhanced hardness and elevated tribological properties

Cai, Chao, Song, Bo, Qiu, Chunlei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1899-3229, Li, Lifan, Xue, Pengju, Wei, Qingsong, Zhou, Jianxin, Nan, Hai, Chen, Hongxia and Shi, Yusheng 2017. Hot isostatic pressing of in-situ TiB/Ti-6Al-4V composites with novel reinforcement architecture, enhanced hardness and elevated tribological properties. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 710 , pp. 364-374.

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Abstract

In this study, titanium borides reinforced Ti-6Al-4V composites have been successfully prepared by hot isostatic pressing (HIPing). The microstructure of the as-fabricated samples was investigated using X-ray diffraction technique, secondary electron microscopy and electron backscatter diffraction and the mechanical properties evaluated through micro-hardness and wear resistance measurements together with nano-indentation. It was found that during HIPing the additive particles TiB2 have transformed into TiB needles which tend to decorate at prior particle boundaries of the consolidated powder particles to form a network structure. Under the same HIPing condition, the needles became increasingly coarser and agglomerated with increased addition of TiB2. The micro-hardness of the synthesized materials increased with increased volume fraction of TiB. Nano-indentation measurement demonstrates that the TiB network structure shows much higher nanohardness than the surrounding matrix regions. The friction coefficient of the synthesized composites decreased continuously with increased volume fraction of TiB, indicating improved wear resistance. High resolution transmission electron microscopy analysis on wear debris revealed the formation of a series of oxides suggesting that chemical reaction between alloy elements and oxygen in air may have happened. It is thus believed that the wearing of the current samples is a result of both friction and chemical reaction.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Hot isostatic pressing; Titanium matrix composites; Microstructure; Microhardness; Wear properties
Publisher:	Elsevier
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2017
Date of Acceptance:	15 March 2017
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2023 02:04
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/99544

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