Influence of yttrium on microstructure and properties of Ni—Al alloy coatings prepared by laser cladding

NieAl alloy coatings with different Y additions are prepared on 45#medium steel by laser cladding. The influence of Y contents on the microstructure and properties of NieAl alloy coatings is investigated using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, electron probe microanalyzer, Vickers hardness tester, friction wear testing machine, and thermal analyzer. The results show that the cladding layers are mainly composed of NiAl dendrites, and the dendrites are gradually refined with the increase in Y additions. The purification effect of Y can effectively prevent Al2O3oxide from forming. However, when the atomic percent of Y addition exceeds 1.5%, the extra Y addition will react with O to form Y2O3oxide, even to form Al5Y3O12oxide, depending on the amount of Y added. The Y addition in a range of 1.5e3.5 at.% reduces the hardness and anti-attrition of cladding layer, but improves obviously its wear and oxidation resistances.

Ion-Beam Bombarding Effects on Deposition of Carbon Nitride Films by Laser Ablation

In order to obtain high quality carbon nitride films,x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Raman spectrum were used to analyze several kinds of film:(a)laser-ablated amorphous carbon(a-C)films,(b)a-C films after a 1 keV nitrbgen ion beam bombardment.(c)carbon nitride(CN_(x))films synthesized by ablation assisted with ion beam bombardment,(d)CN_(x) films after a 50eV nitrogen ion beam bombardment,and(e)CN_(x) films after a 1 keV nitrogen ion beam bombardment.The comparison among these films showed that the concurrent deposition of CN_(x) films by ablation and a nitrogen ion beam should be better than the post-treatment of a-C films by nitrogen ion beam bombardment.In the case of concurrent deposited CN_(x) films,a post-treatment by a nitrogen ion beam bombardment with an appropriate energy(possibly less than 1 keV)was proposed to improve the ratio of C-N binding structures in the deposited films.