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Boronized stainless steel with zirconia coatings
Brožek, Vlastimil ; Kolísko, J. ; Kubatík, Tomáš František ; Mastný, L. ; Pokorný, P. ; Tej, P.
Conditions of boronizing are described using a reactive diffusion method of boron from boron carbide and lanthanum hexaboride so that the formation of Fe2B is preferred to FeB which is more brittle and whose structure does not satisfy the conditions for perfect adhesion of modified zirconia ceramics. Perfectly rigid adhesive connection of needle-like embedded interlayers Fe2B in steel AISI 303 prepared by reactive diffusion of a boronizing medium without activators at 1000 ° C and exposure of 2-4 hours has the value of 20 - 24 MPa at the Pinn-off test.Ceramic coatings from Al2O3-ZrO2 ceramics formed on those interlayers have the value of bond strength up to 14 - 20 MPa.Thermal cycling between 100°C - 600 °C confirmed good adhesion of coatings with the underlying steel.During thermal cycling at elevated temperatures (600-1000 °C) there occurs a statistically significant number of faults in cohesion and mechanical destruction of the coatings. One of the reasons are secondary changes
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Structural and Mechanical Characterization of Spark Plasma Sintered Tungsten
Čech, J. ; Haušild, P. ; Kocmanová, Lenka ; Matějíček, Jiří
The main objective of this paper is to describe the microstructure and mechanical properties of spark plasma sintered tungsten. The indentation tests, which are very advantageous because of their semi-nondestructive character and low requirements on the volume of investigated material, were carried out using Berkovich and spherical indenters. Indentation techniques with spherical indenters are less frequently used than those with sharp indenters but they offer variation of strain with the indentation depth and, therefore, they could be used for determination of stress-strain curves. Local stress-strain behavior obtained by this method showed good correspondence with the results of compression tests. Observation of the microstructure and the fracture surfaces helped to explain some phenomena which occurred during the mechanical testing
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Analysis of the surface layer of the brake disk
Švábenská, Eva ; Roupcová, Pavla ; Podstranská, Ivana ; Petr, M. ; Filip, J. ; Schneeweiss, Oldřich
Our research is focused on the changes in thin surface layer of the brake disk due to the impact of severe plastic deformation and heating by friction process. The aim of this study is to compare structure, chemical and phase compositions of the surface layer in depth up to several hundreds of nanometers in the no affected central part of brake disk and the part which was in contact with brake pads by braking. The basic information on structure and phase composition was obtained by optical and scanning electron microscopy, X-Ray Powder Diffraction and Mössbauer Spectroscopy. The thin surface layer was studied using Conversion Electron Mössbauer Spectroscopy and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. We explain the observed changes with the knowledge on effects of plastic deformation and/or diffusion of alloying elements in the material of the brake disk.
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