Improvement of the wear resistance of nickel-aluminium bronze and 2014-T6 aluminium alloy by application of alternating magnetic field treatment
Author
Akram, Sufyan
Babutskyi, Anatolii
Chrysanthou, Andreas
Montalvão, Diogo
Whiting, Mark
Pizurova, Nada
Attention
2299/24523
Abstract
The present work has used an alternating magnetic field treatment at ambient temperature to improve the wear resistance of nickel-aluminium bronze and aluminium alloy 2014-T6. Pin-on-disc wear tests under lubricating conditions using a AISI52100 steel ball bearing as the counter face material have shown reduction in the width and depth of wear scars as well as lower values of the coefficient of friction following the treatment. The improved wear properties have been attributed to increased precipitation of κ IV in the case of the nickel-aluminium bronze and of GP zones as well as θ’’ for AA2014-T6. Transmission electron microscopy also revealed changes in the dislocation distribution, while X-ray diffraction showed changes in the residual stress for both alloys. The mechanism leading to these changes is discussed by consideration of the soft ferromagnetic properties of the nickel-aluminium bronze and the paramagnetic nature of AA2014.
Publication date
2021-09-15Published in
WearPublished version
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2021.203940Other links
http://hdl.handle.net/2299/24523Metadata
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