Microstructure and Wear Resistance of Cu coated-CNTs/Cu Composite Coating Prepared with Supersonic Laser Deposition

doi:10.3901/JME.2023.14.083

Abstract

Abstract: Supersonic laser deposition (SLD) is used to prepare CNTs/Cu composite coating on Cu substrate to improve its wear resistance. The surface of CNTs is copper-plated by electroless plating, and a uniformly distributed nano-Cu coating is obtained on the surface of CNTs. The cross-sectional morphology, microstructure, wear performance and mechanism of the as-prepared composite coating were analyzed, and the results showed that due to the simultaneous introduction of laser radiation into cold spray (CS) process to heat and soften Cu powder, CNTs/Cu composite coating prepared by SLD has high deposition efficiency and compactness. Thanks to the buffering effect of the copper coating on the surface, CNTs maintain their structural integrity during deposition process, and are evenly distributed in the composite coating, which are well bonded with Cu powder. The addition of copper-plated CNTs makes the composite coating have a lower coefficient of friction, wear scar width and depth, and show better wear resistance. The wear mechanism of the pure copper coating is adhesive wear, while the CNTs/Cu composite coating shows a coexistence mechanism of adhesive wear and abrasive wear.

Key words: supersonic laser deposition, surface copper electroless plating, CNTs/Cu composite coating, microstructure, wear-resistance

CLC Number:

TG146

LI Bo, YAN Yuliang, LIU Bo, SUN Jingyong, ZHANG Qunli, VOLODYMYR Kovalenko, YAO Jianhua. Microstructure and Wear Resistance of Cu coated-CNTs/Cu Composite Coating Prepared with Supersonic Laser Deposition[J]. Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2023, 59(14): 83-91.

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