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Mechanical Characteristics of Al-Co-Ce Coatings Produced by the Cold Spray Process

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Gas atomized feedstock particles of an Al-13Co-26Ce alloy system were sprayed using the Cold Spray deposition technique. The microstructures of the coatings produced are examined and the mechanical characteristics, in particular the bending fatigue and the bond strength, of the Al-Co-Ce coatings are reported. The results show that the Al-Co-Ce coatings improved the fatigue behavior of AA 2024-T3 specimens when compared to uncoated and Alclad specimens. During the bond strength tests, the bonding agent failed and no delamination of the coating from the substrate occurred. The microstructural features of the feedstock powder were also found in the coatings. It is suggested that the increase in the fatigue properties of the specimens can be attributed to the residual compressive stresses induced in the coatings and to the high adhesion strength of the coatings to the substrates.

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The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

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    E. Sansoucy & B. Jodoin

  2. Perpetual Technologies, Iles des Soeurs, Quebec, Canada

    G.E. Kim

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, USA

    A.L. Moran

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This article is an invited paper selected from presentations at the 2007 International Thermal Spray Conference and has been expanded from the original presentation. It is simultaneously published in Global Coating Solutions, Proceedings of the 2007 International Thermal Spray Conference, Beijing, China, May 14-16, 2007, Basil R. Marple, Margaret M. Hyland, Yuk-Chiu Lau, Chang-Jiu Li, Rogerio S. Lima, and Ghislain Montavon, Ed., ASM International, Materials Park, OH, 2007.

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Sansoucy, E., Kim, G., Moran, A. et al. Mechanical Characteristics of Al-Co-Ce Coatings Produced by the Cold Spray Process. J Therm Spray Tech 16, 651–660 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-007-9099-3

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