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- Title
Effect of the Shielding Gas and Heat Treatment in Inconel 625 Coatings Deposited by GMAW Process.
- Authors
Kihara, Eliane Alves; Costa, Henara Lillian; Ferreira Filho, Demostenes
- Abstract
Friction, wear, and corrosion of engineering components operating in harsh environments can be substantially improved by applying hard, corrosion-resistant coatings to prolong their useful lives. Nickel superalloys are particularly relevant due to their excellent mechanical properties and corrosion resistance at elevated temperatures. Among the various coating techniques, arc welding processes are suitable due to their good deposition rate and reliability. This work aimed to evaluate the effect of the shielding gas and after-deposition heat treatment on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Inconel 625 coatings deposited by the GMAW process. The coatings were deposited onto carbon steel plates using two mixtures of shielding gases (Ar+25%CO2 and Ar+25%He) without interpass temperature control. The specimens were analyzed both as welded and after heat treatment (heating for 1 h at 1000 °C and air cooling) using Vickers hardness tests, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and wavelength dispersion spectrometry (WDS). The coatings that used Ar+25%He-shielding gas were harder and showed more precipitate formation, which was associated with the higher cooling rates involved. As for the heat treatment, it led to a reduction in the segregation of the alloying elements in the interdendritic region via diffusion and a reduction in surface hardness.
- Subjects
THERMAL shielding; SHIELDING gases; INCONEL; MECHANICAL heat treatment; SURFACE coatings; HEAT treatment
- Publication
Coatings (2079-6412), 2024, Vol 14, Issue 4, p396
- ISSN
2079-6412
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/coatings14040396