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Cold Spray Deposition of Ni and WC-Reinforced Ni Matrix Composite Coatings

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Ni-WC composites are ideal protective coatings against wear and are often fabricated using laser cladding and thermal spray processes, but the high temperatures of these processes result in decarburization, which deteriorates the performance of the coating. Cold spray has the potential to deposit Ni-WC composite coatings and retain the composition of the initial WC feedstock. However, the insignificant plastic deformation of hard WC particles makes it difficult to build up a high WC content coating by cold spray. By using three different WC powder sizes, the effect of feedstock powder size on WC retention was tested. To improve WC retention, a WC/Ni composite powder in mixture with Ni was also sprayed. Microstructural characterization, including the deformed structure of Ni splats, retention, distribution, and fragmentation of WC, was performed by scanning electron microscopy. An improvement in WC retention was achieved using finer WC particles. Significant improvement in WC particles retention was achieved using WC/Ni composite powder, with the WC content in the coating being close to that of the feedstock.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) project No. 8246 for the cold spray equipment, the CFI Leader’s Opportunity Fund project No. 13029 for the tribometer and nanoindentation equipment, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Strategic Grants Program for the operational funding of this project. Thanks, are also due to Tekna Inc for providing the Ni and spherical WC powders.

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Alidokht, S.A., Vo, P., Yue, S. et al. Cold Spray Deposition of Ni and WC-Reinforced Ni Matrix Composite Coatings. J Therm Spray Tech 26, 1908–1921 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-017-0636-4

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