Acoustic emission assessment of interface cracking in thermal barrier coatings

In this paper,acoustic emission（AE） and digital image correlation methods were applied to monitor interface cracking in thermal barrier coatings under compression.The interface failure process can be identifie via its AE features,including buckling,delamination incubation and spallation.According to the Fourier transformation of AE signals,there arefourdifferentfailuremodes：surfaceverticalcracks,opening and sliding interface cracks,and substrate deformation.The characteristic frequency of AE signals from surface vertical cracks is 0.21 MHz,whilst that of the two types of interface cracks are 0.43 and 0.29 MHz,respectively.The energy released of the two types of interface cracks are 0.43 and 0.29 MHz,respectively.Based on the energy released from cracking and the AE signals,a relationship is established between the interface crack length and AE parameters,which is in good agreement with experimental results.

Role of heat balance on the microstructure evolution of cold spray coated AZ31B with AA7075

A promising solid-state coating mechanism based on the cold spray technique provides highly advantageous conditions on thermal-sensitive magnesium alloys.To study the effect of heat balance in cold spray coating on microstructure,experiments were designed to successfully coat AA7075 on AZ31B with two different heat balance conditions to yield a coated sample with tensile residual stress and a sample with compressive residual stress in both coating and substrate.The effects of coating temperature on the microstructure of magnesium alloy and the interfaces of coated samples were then analyzed by SEM,EBSD,TEM in high-and low-heat input coating conditions.The interface of the AA7075 coating and magnesium alloy substrate under both conditions consists of a narrow-band layer with very fine grains,followed by columnar grains of magnesium that have grown perpendicular to the interface.At higher temperatures,this layer became wider.No intermetallic phase was detected at the interface under either condition.It is shown that the microstructure of the substrate was affected by coating temperature,leading to stress relief,dynamic recrystallization and even dynamic grain growth of magnesium under high temperature.Reducing the heat input and increasing the heat transfer decreased microstructural changes in the substrate.

Electrodeposition of nanostructured Ti/(Ru+Ti+Ce)O_2 coatings

A nanostructured ternary coating of Ti/（Ru ＋ Ti ＋ Ce）O2 was prepared by the conventional electrodeposition on the titanium substrate as the cathode with different numbers of coating layers. The main objective of this work was to study nanostructured coatings of ceramic materials. For this purpose, the amount of precursor materials in the electrolyte was a variable parameter. Furthermore, the salt of TiCl4/RuCl3·xH2 O/Ce（NO3）3·6 H2 O with different amounts, hydrogen peroxide, methanol, and distilled water were used as an aqueousunaqueous bath. In addition, the coated samples were put to heat at 300, 450, 650, and 850℃ in an electric furnace for1 h. The crystalline phase of the coating was characterized by X-ray diffraction（XRD）. The chemical composition and microstructure of the coating were studied using energydispersive spectroscopy（EDS） and scanning electron microscopy analysis（SEM）. Moreover, the electrochemical measurement of Ti/（Ru ＋ Ti ＋ Ce）O2 coatings was carried out. Results show that with the increase in the number of coating layers, the quality of morphology is improved.Then, the best quality of coatings is obtained at six layers on the titanium substrate with electrolyte including TiO2/RuO2/CeO2 with the molar ratio of 70：5：25 after heat treatment at 450 ℃ for 1 h. Besides,with the increase in Ce02 content from 5 wt% to 25 wt% and the number of coating layers, higher thickness of about（20.0±0.1） μm and minimum over potential for chlorine evolution were obtained.

Effect of Al22Si/ZL102 bimetal interface fabricated by extrusion at neareutectic temperature

The Al22Si/ZL102 bimetal was designed and prepared by extrusion at near-eutectic temperature.The properties and fracture behaviors of different surface treatments between oxide film and zinc coating were compared between the Al22 Si and ZL102 bimetal.The average bonding strength of bimetal with intermittent oxide film interface was about 89.3MPa,which is higher than that of the bimetal fabricated by zinc coating method（about 76.3MPa）.During the process of extrusion,the oxidation film was extruded to crush and the metal was extruded through the micro-cracks of the oxidation film,then the two surfaces were joined together.Altogether,the results showed that extrusion at near-eutectic temperature is favorable for achieving a high-quality metallurgical bonded interface.