Effects of Plasma ZrN Metallurgy and Shot Peening Duplex Treatment on Fretting Wear and Fretting Fatigue Behavior of Ti6Al4V Alloy

Jingang Tang; Daoxin Liu; Xiaohua Zhang; Dongxing Du; Shouming Yu

doi:10.3390/ma9040217

Effects of Plasma ZrN Metallurgy and Shot Peening Duplex Treatment on Fretting Wear and Fretting Fatigue Behavior of Ti6Al4V Alloy

Materials (Basel). 2016 Mar 23;9(4):217. doi: 10.3390/ma9040217.

Authors

Jingang Tang^{1

2}, Daoxin Liu³, Xiaohua Zhang⁴, Dongxing Du^{5

6}, Shouming Yu⁷

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Corrosion and Protection, School of Aeronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China. jingangtang@163.com.
² Institute of Machinery Manufacturing Technology, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China. jingangtang@163.com.
³ Institute of Corrosion and Protection, School of Aeronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China. liudaox@nwpu.edu.cn.
⁴ Institute of Corrosion and Protection, School of Aeronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China. yhzhangxh@nwpu.edu.cn.
⁵ Institute of Corrosion and Protection, School of Aeronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China. ddx@mail.nwpu.edu.cn.
⁶ Institute of Machinery Manufacturing Technology, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China. ddx@mail.nwpu.edu.cn.
⁷ Institute of Corrosion and Protection, School of Aeronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China. shoumingyu@163.com.

Abstract

A metallurgical zirconium nitride (ZrN) layer was fabricated using glow metallurgy using nitriding with zirconiuming prior treatment of the Ti6Al4V alloy. The microstructure, composition and microhardness of the corresponding layer were studied. The influence of this treatment on fretting wear (FW) and fretting fatigue (FF) behavior of the Ti6Al4V alloy was studied. The composite layer consisted of an 8-μm-thick ZrN compound layer and a 50-μm-thick nitrogen-rich Zr-Ti solid solution layer. The surface microhardness of the composite layer is 1775 HK_0.1. A gradient in cross-sectional microhardness distribution exists in the layer. The plasma ZrN metallurgical layer improves the FW resistance of the Ti6Al4V alloy, but reduces the base FF resistance. This occurs because the improvement in surface hardness results in lowering of the toughness and increasing in the notch sensitivity. Compared with shot peening treatment, plasma ZrN metallurgy and shot peening composite treatment improves the FW resistance and enhances the FF resistance of the Ti6Al4V alloy. This is attributed to the introduction of a compressive stress field. The combination of toughness, strength, FW resistance and fatigue resistance enhance the FF resistance for titanium alloy.

Keywords: fretting fatigue; fretting wear; plasma zirconium nitride; residual stress; titanium alloy.