Superior high-temperature wear resistance of an Ir-Ta-Ni-Nb bulk metallic glass

Sun，Fei1; Deng，Shengtao1; Fu，Jianan2; Zhu，Jiahua1; Liang，Dandan3; Wang，Pengfei1; Zhao，Hang1; Gong，Feng1; Ma，Jiang1; Liu，Yanhui4; Shen，Jun1

2023-09-20

10.1016/j.jmst.2023.02.040

Journal of Materials Science and Technology   Impact Factor & Quartile

1005-0302

Wear resistance is a critical consideration in engineering applications. In this study, we demonstrated an Ir-Ta-Ni-Nb bulk metallic glass (BMG) with outstanding high-temperature wear resistance and revealed its promising applications in extreme environments. The wear behavior and mechanism were systematically investigated from room temperature (RT) to 750 °C. The results show that the wear rate increases from ∼2.65 × 10 mm N m to ∼10.56 × 10 mm N m in the temperature span RT to 400 °C, following abrasive wear and flash temperature-induced oxidative wear during the friction. However, at the higher temperature of 600 °C, further heating due to frictional heat leads to a softening of the wear surface, resulting in a maximum wear rate of ∼20.99 × 10 mm N m under softness-driven abrasive wear as well as oxidative wear. Interestingly, the wear resistance at an even higher temperature of 750 °C shows a paradoxical improvement of ∼7.08 × 10 mm N m, which is attributed to the formation of an oxide layer with a thickness of several microns, avoiding violent wear of BMG. The results demonstrate the unreported outstanding high-temperature wear resistance of the Ir-Ta-Ni-Nb BMG, especially its excellent capability to resist wear at 750 °C, leading to the promising applications of BMG in the fields of aerospace, metallurgy, and nuclear industries.

Bulk metallic glass High-temperature alloy Superior wear resistance Wear mechanisms

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National Key Research and Development Program of China Stem Cell and Translational Research[2018YFA0703605];Science, Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality[20220804091920001];National Science Foundation[51971150];National Science Foundation[52122105];Science, Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality[RCJC20221008092730037];

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1.Shenzhen Key Laboratory of High Performance Nontraditional Manufacturing,College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering,Shenzhen University,Shenzhen,518060,China
2.Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Cross-scale Manufacturing Mechanics Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,518055,China
3.Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Superhard Coating and Equipment,Shanghai Institute of Technology,Shanghai,201418,China
4.Institute of Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,100190,China

Sun，Fei,Deng，Shengtao,Fu，Jianan,et al. Superior high-temperature wear resistance of an Ir-Ta-Ni-Nb bulk metallic glass[J]. Journal of Materials Science and Technology,2023,158:121-132.

Sun，Fei.,Deng，Shengtao.,Fu，Jianan.,Zhu，Jiahua.,Liang，Dandan.,...&Shen，Jun.(2023).Superior high-temperature wear resistance of an Ir-Ta-Ni-Nb bulk metallic glass.Journal of Materials Science and Technology,158,121-132.

Sun，Fei,et al."Superior high-temperature wear resistance of an Ir-Ta-Ni-Nb bulk metallic glass".Journal of Materials Science and Technology 158(2023):121-132.