Sliding Wear Behavior of Al2O3-TiO2 Coatings Fabricated by the Suspension Plasma Spraying Technique

[EN] The friction and dry sliding wear behavior of alumina and alumina-titania near-nanometric coatings were examined. Coatings were obtained by the suspension plasma spraying technique. Dry sliding wear tests were performed on a ball-on-disk tribometer, with an Al2O3 ball as counterpart material, a normal load of 2 N, a sliding distance of 1200 m and a sliding speed of 0.1 m/s. The effect of including TiO2 in the fabricated coatings on friction coefficient behavior, wear rates and wear damage patterns was determined. The addition of TiO2 to the coatings was found to greatly increase wear resistance by, for example, 2.6-fold for 40 wt% of TiO2. The analysis of the wear surface was correlated with microstructural parameters, mechanical properties and wear rates.The authors wish to thank for the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MAT2012-38364-C03) and the Autonomous Government of Valencia for funding for the stay in SPCTS-UMR CNRS (France), and the French FCENANOSURF consortium funded by the French Ministry and Industry and local governments of Region Centre and Region Limousin.Klyatskina, E.; Espinosa Fernández, L.; Darut, G.; Segovia López, EF.; Salvador Moya, MD.; Montavon, G.; Agorges, H. (2015). Sliding Wear Behavior of Al2O3-TiO2 Coatings Fabricated by the Suspension Plasma Spraying Technique. Tribology Letters. 59(1):1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-015-0530-5S19591Pawlowski, L.: The Science and Engineering of Thermal Spray Coatings. Wiley: Hoboken (2008)Lampe, Th, Eisenberg, S., Cabeo, E.R.: Plasma surface engineering in the automotive industry—trends and future prospective. Surf. Coat. 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