Surface Nanocrystallization of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy: Microstructural and Mechanical Characterization - Université de technologie de Troyes Access content directly
Conference Papers Year :

Surface Nanocrystallization of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy: Microstructural and Mechanical Characterization

Yuanyuan Pi
  • Function : Author
Joël Faure
Guéba Agoda
  • Function : Author
Caroline Andreazza
  • Function : Author
Sébastien Potiron
  • Function : Author
Alexandra Levesque
  • Function : Author
Clémence Demangel
  • Function : Author
  • PersonId : 924393

Abstract

In this study, microstructural and mechanical properties of Ti-6Al-4V alloy, before and after the SMA treatment (SMAT) as well as the duplex SMAT/Nitriding process at different treatment conditions, were investigated in order to deepen the knowledge of these properties for biomedical devices. For that purpose, tribological (wear resistance, coefficient of friction) and mechanical (Vickers microhardness) tests were performed. To carry out the microstructural and surface topographical characterization of the samples, the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the 3D-SEM reconstruction from stereoscopic images have been used. By means of profiles deduced from the 3D images, the surface roughness has been calculated. The obtained results allowed to find an interesting SMAT condition which, followed by nitriding at low temperature, can greatly improve tribological and mechanical properties of Ti-6Al-4V alloy. It was also shown from SEM characterization and the original method of 3D-SEM reconstruction, that SMAT can reduce the machined grooves and consequently the roughness of the samples decreases. Moreover, we demonstrated, for the first time, that instead of usual etching method, the ionic polishing allowed to reveal the grains, the grain boundaries and the twins as well as the surface nanocrystalline layer generated by SMAT. Thus, the thickness of the SMATed layer decreases with the nitriding temperature, whereas the surface grain size increases.
No file

Dates and versions

hal-02886772 , version 1 (10-09-2019)
hal-02886772 , version 2 (01-07-2020)

Identifiers

Cite

Yuanyuan Pi, Joël Faure, Guéba Agoda, Caroline Andreazza, Sébastien Potiron, et al.. Surface Nanocrystallization of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy: Microstructural and Mechanical Characterization. 5th International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials (NANOSMAT-5), Oct 2010, Reims, France. ⟨10.1166/jnn.2012.4951⟩. ⟨hal-02886772v2⟩

Collections

CNRS URCA LISM UTT
39 View
0 Download

Altmetric

Share

Gmail Facebook Twitter LinkedIn More