Improving the Properties of Composite Titanium Nitride Layers on the AZ91D Magnesium Alloy Using Hydrothermal Treatment
Coating magnesium alloys with nitride surface layers is a prospective way of improving their intrinsically poor surface properties; in particular, their tribological and corrosion resistance. These layers are usually produced using PVD methods using magnetron sputtering or arc evaporation. Even thou...
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| author | Michał Tacikowski Janusz Kamiński Krzysztof Rożniatowski Marcin Pisarek Rafał Jakieła Paweł Marchlewski Tadeusz Wierzchoń |
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| description | Coating magnesium alloys with nitride surface layers is a prospective way of improving their intrinsically poor surface properties; in particular, their tribological and corrosion resistance. These layers are usually produced using PVD methods using magnetron sputtering or arc evaporation. Even though the thus-produced layers significantly increase the wear resistance of the alloys, their effects on corrosion resistance are unsatisfactory because of the poor tightness, characteristic of PVD-produced products. Tightness acquires crucial significance when the substrate is a highly-active magnesium alloy, hence our idea to tighten the layers by subjecting them to a post-deposition chemical-hydrothermal-type treatment. This paper presents the results of our experiments with a new hybrid surface engineering method, using a final tightening pressure hydrothermal gas treatment in overheated steam of the composite titanium nitride layers PVD, produced on AZ91D magnesium alloy. The proposed method resulted in an outstanding improvement of the performance properties, in particular resistance to corrosion and wear, yielding values that exceed those exhibited by commercially anodized alloys and austenitic stainless 316L steel. The developed hybrid method produces new, high-performance corrosion and wear resistant, lightweight magnesium base materials, suitable for heavy duty applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08281efac86041a6a8f4eeb0a01464012023-11-22T16:28:56ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442021-10-011419590310.3390/ma14195903Improving the Properties of Composite Titanium Nitride Layers on the AZ91D Magnesium Alloy Using Hydrothermal TreatmentMichał Tacikowski0Janusz Kamiński1Krzysztof Rożniatowski2Marcin Pisarek3Rafał Jakieła4Paweł Marchlewski5Tadeusz Wierzchoń6Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Wołoska 141, 02-507 Warsaw, PolandFaculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Wołoska 141, 02-507 Warsaw, PolandFaculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Wołoska 141, 02-507 Warsaw, PolandInstitute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, PolandInstitute of Physics, Polish Academy of Science, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, PolandSieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz Institute of Precision Mechanics, ul. Duchnicka 3, 01-796 Warsaw, PolandFaculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Wołoska 141, 02-507 Warsaw, PolandCoating magnesium alloys with nitride surface layers is a prospective way of improving their intrinsically poor surface properties; in particular, their tribological and corrosion resistance. These layers are usually produced using PVD methods using magnetron sputtering or arc evaporation. Even though the thus-produced layers significantly increase the wear resistance of the alloys, their effects on corrosion resistance are unsatisfactory because of the poor tightness, characteristic of PVD-produced products. Tightness acquires crucial significance when the substrate is a highly-active magnesium alloy, hence our idea to tighten the layers by subjecting them to a post-deposition chemical-hydrothermal-type treatment. This paper presents the results of our experiments with a new hybrid surface engineering method, using a final tightening pressure hydrothermal gas treatment in overheated steam of the composite titanium nitride layers PVD, produced on AZ91D magnesium alloy. The proposed method resulted in an outstanding improvement of the performance properties, in particular resistance to corrosion and wear, yielding values that exceed those exhibited by commercially anodized alloys and austenitic stainless 316L steel. The developed hybrid method produces new, high-performance corrosion and wear resistant, lightweight magnesium base materials, suitable for heavy duty applications.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/19/5903magnesium alloystitanium nitridecomposite surface layershybrid methodhydrothermal treatmentoverheated steam |
| spellingShingle | Michał Tacikowski Janusz Kamiński Krzysztof Rożniatowski Marcin Pisarek Rafał Jakieła Paweł Marchlewski Tadeusz Wierzchoń Improving the Properties of Composite Titanium Nitride Layers on the AZ91D Magnesium Alloy Using Hydrothermal Treatment Materials magnesium alloys titanium nitride composite surface layers hybrid method hydrothermal treatment overheated steam |
| title | Improving the Properties of Composite Titanium Nitride Layers on the AZ91D Magnesium Alloy Using Hydrothermal Treatment |
| title_full | Improving the Properties of Composite Titanium Nitride Layers on the AZ91D Magnesium Alloy Using Hydrothermal Treatment |
| title_fullStr | Improving the Properties of Composite Titanium Nitride Layers on the AZ91D Magnesium Alloy Using Hydrothermal Treatment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving the Properties of Composite Titanium Nitride Layers on the AZ91D Magnesium Alloy Using Hydrothermal Treatment |
| title_short | Improving the Properties of Composite Titanium Nitride Layers on the AZ91D Magnesium Alloy Using Hydrothermal Treatment |
| title_sort | improving the properties of composite titanium nitride layers on the az91d magnesium alloy using hydrothermal treatment |
| topic | magnesium alloys titanium nitride composite surface layers hybrid method hydrothermal treatment overheated steam |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/19/5903 |
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