Corrosion Behavior of Laser Remelted CoNiCrAlY Based Composite Coatings英文文献资料.docVIP

Engineering, 2010, 2, 322-327 doi:10.4236/eng.2010.25042 Published Online May 2010 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/eng) Corrosion Behavior of Laser Remelted CoNiCrAlY Based Composite Coatings Dragos Utu , Gabriela Marginean , Viorel-Aurel Serban , Cosmin Codrean 1 2 1 1 University “Politehnica” Timisoara, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Timisoara, Romania 1 2 University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Germany E-mail: utu.dragos@mec.upt.ro Received November 27, 2009; revised February 5, 2010; accepted February 12, 2010 Abstract The corrosion behavior of High-Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF) sprayed MCrAlY coatings obtained from CoNiCrAlY particles (wt. 8% Al) mechanically doped with Al 2O3 nanopowder was investigated before and after laser remelting. The latter process was applied in order to achieve a homogeneous structure as well as better mechanical properties for the coating (reduced brittleness offered by the presence of the Al2O3 nanoparticles). Another important task of the laboratory investigations was the investigation of the corrosion behavior of the modified coatings. The results obtained from the potentiodynamic polarization measurements carried out in a chloride environment revealed an enhanced corrosion resistance of the laser remelted coat- ings comprising a refined microstructure. Microhardness measurements of the modified coatings revealed lower values in comparison with that of the samples in as-sprayed status. This observation leads to the as- sumption that a concomitant improvement of coatings ductility occurred as well. Keywords: Laser Remelting, Conicraly Coatings, Corrosion Behaviour 1. Introduction scale [6]. The microstructure of the grown oxide scales depends strongly on the coating properties, the manufacturing process and the