《Enhanced wear resistance of NiTi alloy by surface modification with Nb ion implantation.》.pdf

RareMet．(2014)33(3)：244—248 RAREMETALS DOI10．1007／s12598—014—0223—5 、IIVw．editorialmanager．com ／rmet EnhancedwearresistanceofNiTialloybysurfacemodificationwith Nbionimplantation YanLi，FeiZhang，Ting·TingZhao， M ingTang，YongLiu Received：30September2013／Revised：30November2013／Accepted：18January2014／Publishedonline：18March2014 @ TheNonferrousM etalsSocietyofChinaandSpringer—VerlagBerlinHeidelberg2014 Abstract Niobiam ionimplantationisofundtosignifi— Keywords NiTi；Nb；Ionimplantation；Nano—film ；Wera cantlydecreasethefrictioncoefficientand improvewear resistanceofNiTishapememoryalloy．Scanningelectron microscope (SEM) observationsindicate thatsurface 1 Introduction groovesformedonNiTiduringthemechanicalpolishing raeremovedafterNb ion implantation．Dryfrictiontests NiTishapememoryalloyisawel1．knownsmartmaterial show thatNb implanted NiTisamplesexhibita lower possessing unique shapememory effectandpseudoelas— friction coefficient，narrower wear tracks，fewet wear ticity 1【_4】．Moreover，weraresistanceofNiTiisalsoone debrisgenerated，46％-62 ％ reductioninwera width．and ofparticulralyattractivemechanicalpropertiesofrpractical 29％—49 ％ reduction inwera depth compraed with the applications[5-9】．ItisfoundthatNiTialloyhasbetter untreatedNiTi．W era resistanceisrelated tothe incident wearperfomr ancethna steelsandCo-basedalloys5【1．The parameters．andtheNb implantedNiTiwiththe incident excellentwearresistna ceofNiTialloy isbelieved tobe dose of2．5x 10“ions．cm一 ．and incidentcurrentof mainly ascribed to its pseudoelasticity resulting rfom 2mA behavesthebestwera performna ce．Thelubricating stress—inducedmartensiticphasetransfomr ationaswellas OfNb205，good oxidation resistna ceofNb inNiTi。and therearrangementofmartensiticvariantsunderstress[5， increased micro—hradness