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Tribological properties of plasma-sprayed nickel alloy matrix self-lubricating coating at elevated temperatures

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A nickel alloy matrix high-temperature self-lubricating coating (77.5 wt% (Ni–Cr–Mo–Al)–12.5 wt% Ag–10 wt% BaF2/CaF2) was prepared by plasma spraying technique. Results show that the Vickers microhardness of coating is (2.9 ± 0.5) GPa, and the average bonding strength is about (35.6 ± 0.5) MPa. The coating rubbing against Inconel 718 superalloy pin exhibits superior tribological performance with coefficient of friction (COF) of below 0.25 and wear rate of 8.2 × 10–5–15.2 × 10–5 mm3·N−1·m−1 at a wide temperature range from 25 to 800 °C, and the COF and the wear rate are slightly reduced with temperature increasing. The low COF and wear rate were attributed to the synergistic effects of Ag, BaF2/CaF2, Ag2MoO4 and BaMoO4.

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This study was financially supported by the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China (No. 2015DFR51090) and the National Program on Key Research Project of China (No. 2016YFE0111400).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Nonferrous Metals, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050, China

    Wen-Sheng Li, Yang Sun, Wei Hu, Hai-Min Zhai & Xiang-Juan Fan

  2. State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China

    Sheng-Yu Zhu, Jun Yang & Wei-Min Liu

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Li, WS., Sun, Y., Hu, W. et al. Tribological properties of plasma-sprayed nickel alloy matrix self-lubricating coating at elevated temperatures. Rare Met. 40, 1844–1850 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-020-01426-0

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