Mechanical and barrier properties of MOCVD processed alumina coatings on Ti6Al4V titanium alloy

Yannick Balcaen 1 Nicoleta Radutoiu 1 Joël Alexis 1 Jean-Denis Béguin 1 Loïc Lacroix 1 Diane Samélor 2 Constantin Vahlas 2
1 LGP - Laboratoire Génie de Production
2 CIRIMAT - Centre interuniversitaire de recherche et d'ingenierie des matériaux
Abstract : This study focuses on the implementation of different aluminum oxide coatings processed by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition from aluminum tri-isopropoxide on commercial Ti6Al4V titanium alloy to improve its high temperature corrosion resistance. Films grown at 350 °C and at 480 °C are amorphous and correspond to formulas AlOOH, and Al2O3, respectively. Those deposited at 700 °C are composed of γ-Al2O3 nanocrystals dispersed in a matrix of amorphous alumina. Their mechanical properties and adhesion to the substrates were investigated by indentation, scratch and micro tensile tests. Hardness and rigidity of the films increase with increasing deposition temperature. The hardness of the coatings prepared at 350 °C and 480 °C is 5.8 ± 0.7 GPa and 10.8 ± 0.8 GPa respectively. Their Young's modulus is 92 ± 8 GPa (350 °C) and 155 ± 6 GPa (480 °C). Scratch tests cause adhesive failures of the films grown at 350 °C and 480 °C whereas cohesive failure is observed for the nanocrystalline one, grown at 700 °C. Micro tensile tests show a more progressive cracking of the latter films than on the amorphous ones. The films allow maintaining good mechanical properties after corrosion with NaCl deposit during 100 h at 450 °C. After corrosion test only the film deposited at 700 °C yields an elongation at break comparable to that of the as processed samples without corrosion. The as established processing-structure-properties relation paves the way to engineer MOCVD aluminum oxide complex coatings which meet the specifications of the high temperature corrosion protection of titanium alloys with regard to the targeted applications.
Keywords : CVD Alumina Mechanical properties Adhesion Hot salt corrosion
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Yannick Balcaen, Nicoleta Radutoiu, Joël Alexis, Jean-Denis Béguin, Loïc Lacroix, et al.. Mechanical and barrier properties of MOCVD processed alumina coatings on Ti6Al4V titanium alloy. Surface and Coatings Technology, Elsevier, 2011, vol. 206, pp. 1684-1690. ⟨10.1016/j.surfcoat.2011.09.056⟩. ⟨hal-00866330⟩

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