Abstract: Ceramic coatings were fabricated by microarc oxidation method with a control mode of constant current density on Ti6Al4V alloy in(NaPO3)6-NaF-NaAlO2 solution. The growth process and microstructure variation of microarc oxidation coatings were investigated. The results show that the coatings growth rate is subjected to a variation from rapidness to tardiness during the process. The coating grows rapidly with a rate of approximate 3μm/min within the initial time period of 10min, and followed by a gradually decreasing rate in the later treatment. With increasing treatment time, the micropores number on the surface of the coatings decreases obviously, while the size of micropores increases, as a result, the porosity increases. The coatings are mainly composed of the two modifiers of titanium oxide(namely anatase and rutile) and AlPO4. As the treatment time increases, the anatase content decreses, and the rutile content increases, which indicates that the phase transformation of anatase into rutile occurs during the oxidizing process. The crystalline AlPO4 involves the coatings via high-temperature thermolysis of hydrated aluminium polyphosphates in the near channel zone of microdischarging.
Growth and microstructure of microarc oxidation coatings on titanium alloy in solution containing phosphate
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Ceramic coatings were fabricated by microarc oxidation method with a control mode of constant current density on Ti6Al4V alloy in(NaPO36-NaF-NaAlO2 solution. The growth process and microstructure variation of microarc oxidation coatings were investigated. The results show that the coatings growth rate is subjected to a variation from rapidness to tardiness during the process. The coating grows rapidly with a rate of approximate 3 μm/min within the initial time period of 10 min, and followed by a gradually decreasing rate in the later treatment. With increasing treatment time, the micropores number on the surface of the coatings decreases obviously, while the size of micropores increases, as a result, the porosity increases. The coatings are mainly composed of the two modifiers of titanium oxide(namely anatase and rutile and AlPO4. As the treatment time increases, the anatase content decreses, and the rutile content increases, which indicates that the phase transformation of anatase into rutile occurs during the oxidizing process. The crystalline AlPO4 involves the coatings via high-temperature thermolysis of hydrated aluminium polyphosphates in the near channel zone of microdischarging.
Fig.2 Surface morphologies of microarc oxidation coatings formed on Ti6Al4V alloy in(NaPO3)6-NaF-NaAlO2 solution after different treatment durations (a)—2 min; (b)—5 min; (c)—10 min; (d)—15 min; (e)—30 min
图3 Ti6Al4V微弧氧化涂层表面微孔数量 及孔隙率与氧化处理时间的关系
Fig.3 Variation of number of micropores and porosity with microarc oxidation duration on surface of coating of Ti6Al4V alloy
图4 Ti6Al4V微弧氧化涂层横截面形貌与元素线扫描曲线Fig.4 Cross-section morphology and elemental line scanning of microarc oxidation coating on Ti6Al4V alloy prepared in(NaPO3)6-NaF-NaAlO2solution
(a)—Cross-section image;(b)—Line scanning profiles of Ti and V elements;(c)—Line scanning profiles of Al and P elements