The high-temperature oxidation resistance of the nickel superalloy prepared by the laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) has been significantly increased as a result of in-situ formation of a thermal barrier layer (α-Al2O3 + CaMoO4) during oxidative annealing of surface layers modified by electric spark treatment (EST). The reactive EST of the LPBF-built items based on nickel EP741NP alloy was carried out with low-melting Al-12%Si, Al-6%Ca-0.6%Si and Al-7%Ca-1%Mn electrodes. It was found that under EST done by Al-7%Ca-1%Mn electrode an intermetallic (β-NiAl + γ''''-Ni3Al) 15 μm-thick layer reinforced by spherical oxide (CaMe)O nanoparticles was formed. Formation of that structure increases the wear resistance of LPBF nickel superalloy by 4.5 times. Further oxidative annealing at 1000 °C leads to a formation of continuous two-layered coating with an inner layer of α-Al2O3 and an outer layer of CaMoO4, which together act as an effective barrier preventing the diffusion of oxygen into the bulk of the superalloy.
S. K. MUKANOV
,
M. I. PETRZHIK
,
A. E. KUDRYASHOV
,
E. A. NAUMOVA
,
F. A. BASKOV
,
P. A. LOGINOV
,
E. A. LEVASHOV
. Enhancing high-temperature oxidation resistance of nickel superalloy obtained by laser powder bed fusion via reactive electric spark treatment[J]. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2024
, 34(12)
: 3935
-3948
.
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(24)66649-5