Influence of plasma nitriding on fretting wear behaviour of Ti–6Al–4V.pdfVIP

ARTICLE IN PRESS Tribology International 43 (2010) 152–160 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Tribology International journal homepage: /locate/triboint Influence of plasma nitriding on fretting wear behaviour of Ti–6Al–4V M. Mubarak Ali a, S. Ganesh Sundara Raman a,, S.D. Pathak a, R. Gnanamoorthy b a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai 600 036, India b Department of Mechanical Engineering., IIT Madras, Chennai 600 036, India a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Plasma nitriding was performed on Ti–6Al–4V samples at 520 1C in two environments (pure nitrogen Received 19 July 2008 and a mixture of nitrogen and hydrogen in the ratio of 3:1) for two different time periods (4 and 18 h). Received in revised form Fretting wear tests were conducted on unnitrided and nitrided samples for 50,000 cycles using alumina 19 October 2008 ball counterbody. Plasma nitriding reduced the tangential force coefficient of Ti–6Al–4V. The samples Accepted 6 May 2009 nitrided for 4 h exhibited higher hardness and lower tangential force coefficient compared to the Available online 27 May 2009 specimens nitrided for 18 h. The samples nitrided in nitrogen–hydrogen mixture environment exhibited Keywords: higher hardness and lower tangential force coefficient