In-situ synthesis, microstructure, and properties of NbB2-NbC-Al2O3 composite coatings by plasma spraying

Xiaolong WANG; Yong YANG; Shitong JIA; Yanwei WANG; Yuduo MA; Yuhang CUI; Xingyu WANG; Wenwei SUN; Liang WANG

doi:10.1007/s40145-022-0608-0

Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2022, 11(8): 1263-1278 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-022-0608-0

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In-situ synthesis, microstructure, and properties of NbB₂-NbC-Al₂O₃ composite coatings by plasma spraying

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aKey Lab. for New Type of Functional Materials in Hebei Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Materials Laminating Fabrication and Interface Control Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China

bIntegrated Computational Materials Research Centre, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China

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plasma spray, NbB₂-NbC-Al₂O₃ composite coating, in-situ synthesis, Nb₂O₅-B₄C-Al system

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WANG X, YANG Y, JIA S, et al. In-situ synthesis, microstructure, and properties of NbB₂-NbC-Al₂O₃ composite coatings by plasma spraying. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2022, 11(8): 1263-1278. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-022-0608-0

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The high melting point and strong chemical bonding of NbB₂ pose a great challenge to the preparation of high-density nanostructured NbB₂ composite coating. Herein, we report a novel, simple, and efficient method to fabricate in-situ NbB₂-NbC-Al₂O₃ composite coating by plasma spraying Nb₂O₅-B₄C-Al composite powder, aiming at realizing the higher densification and ultra-fine microstructure of NbB₂ composite coating. The microstructure and properties of in-situ NbB₂-NbC- Al₂O₃ composite coating were studied comparatively with ex-situ NbB₂-NbC-Al₂O₃ composite coating (plasma spraying NbB₂-NbC-Al₂O₃ composite powder). The reaction mechanism of Nb₂O₅-B₄C-Al composite powder in plasma jet was analyzed in detail. The results showed that the in-situ nanostructured NbB₂-NbC-Al₂O₃ composite coating presented a lower porosity and superior performance including higher microhardness, toughness and wear resistance compared to the plasma sprayed ex-situ NbB₂-NbC-Al₂O₃ coating and other boride composite coatings. Densification of the in-situ NbB₂-NbC-Al₂O₃ coating was attributed to the low melting point of Nb₂O₅-B₄C-Al composite powder and the exothermic effect of in-situ reaction. The superior performance was ascribed to the density improvement and the strengthening and toughening effect of the nanosized phases. The in-situ reaction path could be expressed as: $N b_{2} O_{5} + A l \to N b + A l_{2} O_{3}$ , and $N b + B_{4} C \to N b B_{2} + N b C$ .

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In-situ synthesis, microstructure, and properties of NbB₂-NbC-Al₂O₃ composite coatings by plasma spraying

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Xiaolong WANG^{^a}, Yong YANG^{^a}(

), Shitong JIA^{^a}, Yanwei WANG^{^a}, Yuduo MA^{^a}, Yuhang CUI^{^a}, Xingyu WANG^{^a}, Wenwei SUN^{^a}, Liang WANG^{^b}

bIntegrated Computational Materials Research Centre, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China

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Keywords: plasma spray, NbB₂-NbC-Al₂O₃ composite coating, in-situ synthesis, Nb₂O₅-B₄C-Al system

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Received: 23 September 2021

Revised: 18 April 2022

Accepted: 29 April 2022

Published: 15 June 2022

Issue date: August 2022

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial supports of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52072110), and the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (No. E2018202034).

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