Laser Surface Annealing of Plasma Sprayed Coatings
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Laser Surface Annealing of Plasma Sprayed Coatings
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Journal of Surface Engineered Materials and Advanced Technology, 2012, 2, 215-220
Published Online July 2012 (http://wendang.chazidian.com/journal/jsemat)
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Laser Surface Annealing of Plasma Sprayed Coatings
Ahmed Ibrahim*, Yue Hung
Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, USA. Email: *Ahmed.ibrahim@farmingdale.edu
Received May 10th, 2012; revised June 13th, 2012; accepted June 20th, 2012
ABSTRACT
Laser surface annealing provides a rapid and efficient means for surface alloying and modification of ceramic materials. In this study, Alumina-13% Titania coatings were sprayed with a water-stabilized plasma spray gun. The coated surface was treated by Excimer laser having a wavelength of 248 nm and pulse duration of 24 ns. The surface structure of the treated coating was examined by field emission scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction (XRD). A detailed analysis of the effects of various laser parameters including laser energy density (fluence), pulse repetition rate (PRR), and number of pulses on the morphology and the microstructure of the coatings are presented.
Keywords: Laser Annealing; Plasma Sprayed Coatings; SEM; Microstructure
1. Introduction
Plasma sprayed alumina-13% titania (AT-13) coating is one of the most important coatings for many industrial applications [1-7]. They provide a dense and hard surface coating which are resistant to abrasion, corrosion, cavita- tion, oxidation and erosion and are therefore regularly used for wear resistance, electrical insulation, thermal barrier applications etc. A number of papers reported that the Al2O3-TiO2 coating containing 13 wt% of TiO2 showed the most excellent wear resistance among the AT-13 ones [3-5].
AT-13 coating is a typical ceramic coating with rela-tively high degree of porosity and the properties of these coatings, such as high temperature corrosion resistance, toughness and abrasive resistance, may thereby be re- duced. To improve these properties, various methods have been proposed, such as impregnation with polymers or ceramics, seal sintering with liquid alloys and post- laser irradiation [8,11-21]. Laser surface treatment is one novel method that has potential for eliminating porosity and producing a homogeneous surface layer. Unfortu-nately, there is a very limited research on the effect of laser irradiation on the surface morphology and micro-structural of AT-13 coatings. Previous research has shown that CW-CO2 and Nd:YAG lasers, with the ap-propriate parameters can improve the microstructural and morphological characteristics of AT-13 or Alumina coat- ings [13-15]. The formation of columnar grains was ob-served on the laser-treated zones. Chemical composition and thermal conductivity affected the way the materials
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behaved during laser processing.
Excimer pulsed lasers are characterized by relatively short pulse duration (~25 ns), and wavelengths in the ul- tra-violet which result in very shallow treatment depths, of the order of a few hundred nanometers [15-17]. Pulsed laser irradiation can be used to melt or soften very thin surface layer of metal or ceramic that resolidifies, due to the high thermal gradients. Excimer lasers present certain distinct advantages for material processing applications in comparison to the other types of lasers. This is due to the fact that Excimer lasers operate in the ultraviolet re-gion of the spectrum at wavelengths from 190 nm to 310 nm. At these short wavelengths the reflectivity of most metals and ceramics is lower than at longer wavelengths and the absorptivity is higher [20].
In this investigation, Excimer laser was used for the surface annealing of free-standing AT-13 samples that were manufactured with a plasma spray gun. The effect of the Excimer laser annealing on the main features of the coated surface was evaluated in terms of surface modifications, microstructural and mechanical properties. A detailed parametric study was performed to investigate the effects of several parameters such as laser energy density (fluence), pulse repetition rate (PRR), number of pulses on the mechanical properties, surface morphology, and microstructure of the coatings.
2. Experimental Materials and Procedures
Free-standing AT-13 coatings were produced by a wa- ter-stabilized plasma (WSP) spray gun to obtain a thick- ness of 5 mm; Table 1 lists the spray parameters. The
Corresponding author.
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coating was sprayed on mild steel substrates. The sub- strates were grit blasted and then a thin layer of alumi-num was arc sprayed before spraying the AT-13 coating. The thin aluminum layer was dissolved using hydrochlo-ric acid so that free-standing alumina-titania plates were obtained. All specimens were mechanically polished to a mirror surface in the present study, which results in a sur- face roughness of 0.7 μm prior to laser treatment. This operation also facilitates the characterization of surface topological evolutions. The procedure consisted of suc- cessive grinding by silicon carbide papers and a final cloth polishing with a 0.25 μm diamond particle suspen-sion.
Excimer laser pulses was generated from a Lambda Physic Compex 205 system having Krypton Fluoride (KrF) as the lasing gas, resulting in a laser wavelength of 248 nm, a bandwidth of 300 pm and a pulse duration of 24 ns. Table 2 lists the laser processing parameters em-ployed in this study.
Surface morphology and microstructure of the coat-ings were investigated before and after laser treatment by optical microscopy (OM) and a LEO field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Mitutoyo surface roughness and Vickers microhardness testers were used to measure the surface roughness and hardness of the treated and untreated surfaces. The Vickers hardness number (VHN) measurements were conducted under 300 gm load over 15 sec duel time.
Table 1. Spray parameters for water-stabilized plasma.
Parameter Comment WSP power 125 KW
Voltage 300 - 320 V
Amperage 400 A Spray distance 330 mm Rotation speed 90 rpm Feed rate 34 kg/h
Table 2. Laser processing parameters and surface proper-ties of the coating.
Sample
Pulse
Repetition
# of Pulses
Energy Density
Hardness (Hz) (P) (mJ/cm2) (HV)
1 50 1000 800 1897
2 25 1000 800 1456 3 10 1000 800 1504 4 50 500 800 1740 5 10 500 800 1620 6 50 1000 400 1516 7 50 2000 400 1240 8 25 1000 400 1122 9 50 500 400 1204 10
50 1000 200 1175
Copyright © 2012 SciRes. The porosity of the coatings was estimated with quan-titative image analysis on as polished and as laser treated samples. Five SEM images were analyzed using Image-J software from NIH (National Institute of Health, Bethes- da, MD, USA). The phase composition of the coatings before and after the laser treatment were determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) using a Philips X-ray diffracto-meter (Philips APD 3520).
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Phase Composition
The XRD profiles of the as-sprayed and laser treated coatings are illustrated in Figure 1. The analysis of the coatings indicated the presence of one distinct diffraction peak of the metastable γ-Al2O3 phase even though the starting powder was mainly α-Al2O3 phase. This is con- sistent with what was observed in earlier studies on the plasma sprayed AT-13 coatings [3-7]. The formation of metastable phase is generally attributed to the large ki-netic undercooling generated in the melt that favors nu-cleation of the metastable phase over the stable phase α-Al2O3. The microstructure evolution during rapid so-lidification depends on the interplay between undercool-ing and solidification velocity [16]. The XRD profile of the laser treated surface matched well with that of the coating as shown in Figure 1. This result indicates that a very high cooling rate was achieved with the nano-second (ns) pulsed laser, which suppressed the transformation of γ-Al2O3 to α-Al2O3.
3.2. Microstructure of As-Sprayed Coatings Figure 2 shows the typical morphology of as-sprayed
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Figure 1. XRD of the as-sprayed and laser treated AT-13
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and polished AT-13 coating. The microstructure is char-acterized by a high density of defects, e.g. inclusions and pores. The analysis of the SEM images of the cross sec-tions of as-sprayed coatings revealed a number of fea-tures typical for thermally sprayed ceramics, i.e., struc-ture lamination with lamellae aligned in the plane of the substrate and significant porosity formed predominantly in spaces between the contacting layers of the solidify- ing material, and a fine interlamellar crack network. The quality and performance of material produced by spray- based processing is significantly influenced by the poros-ity of the deposit. The presence of the porosity is gener-ally detrimental, and it reduces the strength of the mate-rial, provides cracks initiation sites, and can result in the degradation of material properties, especially at high temperature.
3.3. Effect of Laser Parameters on the Surface
Morphology
A parametric study was performed to investigate the ef- fects of several parameters such as laser energy density (fluence), pulse repetition rate (PRR), and number of pulses on the surface morphology of the coatings. The laser processing parameters are presented in Table 2. 3.3.1. Effect of Laser Energy Density (Fluence)
Laser energy showed significant effect on the surface morphology of AT-13 coatings. Figures 3(a) and (b) show the surface morphologies of AT-13 coatings irradi-ated at two different fluences, 400 mJ/cm2 and 800 mJ/cm2. The chosen pulse repetition rates were 50 Hz, and the number of pulses was 500.
A laser fluence of 400 mJ/cm2 was smaller than the threshold energy (~700 mJ/cm2) required for melting and recrystallization of the coating. However, this laser energy
Figure 2. Morphology of as-polished Al2O3 + 13% TiO2 coat-
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Figure 3. Effect of laser energy density on the surface mor-phology. (a) 400 mJ/cm2, 500 shots, 50 Hz; (b) 800 mJ/cm2, 500 shots, 50 Hz.
was sufficient to heat the surface and induce thermal stresses on the coating surface that led to the propagation of pre-existing cracks and the initiation of new cracks. As it was discussed in previous section, the microstructure of ceramic coating is characterized by a high density of defects, e.g. inclusions, pores, microcracks and macro-cracks. Induced microcracks within splats are frequent, especially in the brittle ceramic coatings. Laser energy can easily induces microcracks or macrocracks in these types of microstructures. As clearly seen in Figure 3(b), when the laser energy density increased from 400 to 800 mJ/cm2, the surface drastically changes to a denser JSEMAT
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microstructure. The irradiation at high laser density caused significant changes in the surface texture. First, the po-rosity significantly decreased (from 7.1% to 1.1%) com-pared to the untreated coating. Second, the surface has been molten and re-solidified to form dense clusters and coherent dome-like columnar grains with a significant increase in surface hardness (from 1204 to 1740 Hv). The tendency of AT-13 coatings to form clusters of grains at higher fluence (800 mJ/cm2), is the most pro-nounced feature of the surface morphology. It was one of the major findings of this study.
3.3.2. Effect of Number of Laser Shots
Effect of number of laser shots on the surface morphol-ogy and hardness of AT-13 coating has been examined. When the number of laser pulses was increased at constant fluence and pulse repetition rates (800 mJ/cm2, 50 Hz) different surface morphologies were observed. As was mentioned in previous section, when the surface irradiated at fluence of 800 mJ/cm2 with 500 shots, the surface drastically changes to clusters of grains. These grains grew vertically and form columnar grains shown in Figure 4(a).
When the number of laser shots increased to 1000 shots, tightly bonded clusters grains start to separate and flatten out as shown in Figure 4(b). The color of the surface layer changed to white-gray indicating change in surface chemistry or optical properties. However, the sur- face exhibits about 9% increase in microhardness com-pared to the surface treated with 500 shots. The porosity of the laser-treated layer with 1000 shots was higher than the one treated with 500 shots (1.1% to 1.5%).
3.3.3. Effect of Pulse Repetition Rate (PRR)
Figure 5 shows the surface morphologies of AT-13 coat- ings irradiated at fluence of 800 mJ/cm2 with two differ-ent repetition rates 10 and 50 Hz. The SEM image of the surface irradiated at lower pulse repetition rate (10 Hz) shows a very fine surface layer (~300 nm) that was melted by the pulsed laser (Figure 5(a)). This melted layer exhibited smoother morphology with shine ap-pearance and significantly different from the untreated surface. As clearly seen in Figure 5(a), laser pulses in-duced self-organized cluster cracks on this layer. These cluster cracks are very fine and more tightly woven to-gether. These cluster cracks are the most pronounced fea- tures of the surface morphology irradiated at high energy and low pulse repetition rate. The porosity significantly decreased (from 7.1% to 2.2%) compared to the un-treated coating.
At higher pulse repetition rates (50 Hz), the surface drastically changes to a granular texture. The clusters of grains grew vertically and form columnar grains (
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Figure 4. Effect of number of shots on the surface morphol- ogy. (a) 500 shots, 800 mJ/cm22, 50 Hz; (b) 1000 shots, 800 mJ/cm, 50 Hz.
5(b)). As mentioned in previous section, this surface morphology exhibited much higher hardness than the one irradiated at 10 Hz. The porosity of the laser treated lay-ers was greatly reduced (from 7.1% to 1.1%) compared to the untreated coating. This effect is attributed to the heat accumulation in the sample at higher pulse repeti-tion rate.
These results strongly suggest that the pulse repetition rate has a significant effect on the surface morphology of AT-13 coatings.
3.4. Microstructure of the Laser Treated Layers
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materials relies on understanding the nature of the inter-action between the laser energy and the material. The 3.5. Mechanical Properties (Hardness)
short wavelength, (200 - 400 nm depending on the laser gas) and the short pulse duration (24 ns) mean that for most materials, the energy is absorbed in a region of the surface that is shallow (10 nm) relative to the thermal diffusion length (100 nm) in the material [15,20].
Figure 5(b)2 shows the coating layer treated at (800 mJ/cm, 50 Hz, 500 P). This layer consists of fully dense microstructure differing significantly from the surface of untreated coating. Increasing both laser energy density (fluence) and the pulse repetition rate (PRR) have signifi- cant thermal effect on the treated layer. The surface of the treated layer shows dome-shaped surface morphology due to the rounded crystal edges. The layer structure is homogeneous and the columnar grain-like structure ex-tends from the bottom to the top of the laser treated layer.
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Figure 5. Effect of pulse repetition on the surface morphol-ogy. (a) 10 Hz, 500 shots, 800 mJ/cm22; (b) 50 Hz, 500 shots, 800 mJ/cm.
Copyright © 2012 SciRes. Figure 6 shows the Microhardness values of the surface of laser treated and untreated AT-13 coatings. Coatings irradiated at (800 mJ/cm2, 50 Hz, 1000 P) showed a maximum hardness of 1897 HV, corresponding to a hard- ness increase of 66% compared with the untreated coat-ings. While coatings irradiated with (400 mJ/cm2, 50 Hz, 1000 P) showed a 32% increase of hardness compared with untreated coatings. These results suggest that the laser energy density (fluence) plays a major role in mo- difying the surface hardness of the coating.
When the laser energy density increased from 400 to 800 mJ/cm2, the surface drastically changes to a much denser microstructure as shown in Figure 5(b). The irra-diation at high laser density caused significant changes in the surface texture. The surface has been molten and re- solidified to form dense clusters and coherent dome-like columnar grains with a significant increase in surface hardness. Increasing the number of laser shots from 500 to 1000 at laser energy of 800 mJ/cm2 resulted in small increase (~9%) in the surface hardness whereas an in-crease of 26% obtained for the laser energy of 400 mJ/cm2 for the same laser parameters. It is important to point out that the pulse repetition rate has a similar effect on the hardness as the laser energy. At higher pulse repe-tition rates (50 Hz) the surface exhibited a higher hard-ness than the one irradiated at 10 Hz. A fluence of 200 mJ/cm2 was much lower than the threshold energy den-sity required for melting and recrystallization of the coating and only shows a slight change in the hardness of the coating.
4. Conclusions
The following conclusions can be drawn from this inves- tigation:
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Figure 6. Microhardness values for the laser treated and untreated coatings.
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