This work investigates the role of shock-induced plasticity in vacuum kinetic spraying. Alumina powder with an average diameter of 300 nm was deposited on glass and alumina substrates and the resulting coatings were examined. Finite-element simulations were performed to analyze the dynamic impact behavior of the submicron-sized particles and the results were compared with SEM and TEM images. Above a threshold velocity, the ceramic particles undergo not only shock-induced plasticity but also fragmentation with no bounce-off. With increasing particle velocity up to 500 m/s, the ratio of plastic deformation to fracture gradually increases with plasticity generally occurring in the substrate and the upper part of the particle. Beyond 500 m/s, the plastic portion decreased while the fractured portion abruptly increased. Fragment scattering and surface erosion, however, caused a reduction in the growth rate of the coating.

Severe plastic deformation (SPD) is the main feature of the Cold Spray (CS) process, which might result in producing metal grain refinement under extensive hydrostatic pressure and high strain rate loading conditions. In this study, an anisotropic strain gradient plasticity model (SGP) is presented to predict materials behavior in CS process. The enhanced dislocation densities produced throughout particle deformation affect coating material properties and modify their thermodynamic characteristics and kinetics of resistance to plastic deformations. This study also demonstrates that the SGP model can describe the experimentally observed trends and account for homogenization of the accumulated strains under dynamic recrystallization conditions. The evolution of statistically stored dislocation density through the characteristic material length scale parameter is in good agreement with experimental results and data reported by other research groups. The proposed SGP modeling is suggested as an express method to evaluate the advanced coating and additively manufactured materials, and powder feedstock used in thermal spray and 3D manufacturing applications.

This study compares the deposition behavior of kinetic sprayed bronze-diamond composite coatings produced using different mixtures of helium and nitrogen gas. To determine impact properties of the diamond particles, bare and nickel-coated diamonds are deposited on bronze layers and the effects of plastic deformation are examined using SEM and finite-element analysis. The results indicate that the deposition efficiency of diamond is determined by several factors and depends more on the angle and shape of the diamond particles than on the deformation properties of the bronze matrix.

To understand the adhesion mechanism of cold spraying, the characteristics of a newly formed cold spray surface are essential. This surface is formed by the dynamic plastic deformation of the substrate and particles during cold spray impact. Over the surface, the amount of newly generated surface, bonding state, and strength can differ. Even within an individual attached particle, the amount of plastic deformation also differs. To determine the relationship between the coating deposition mechanism, microstructure, and adhesion strength, tensile adhesion strength tests of cold sprayed copper coatings on an aluminum substrate were carried out. Then, using an Auger electron spectroscopic analyzer, the remained oxide film at the fracture surface, which is the bonding interface, was analyzed. The natural oxide film that covers the surface of the substrate before the impact, which is broken by plastic deformation during the spray process. However, the results show that it is not broken at the center of the collision crater, where the amount of plastic deformation of the substrate material is small. Hence, at the center of the collision crater, the oxide film still covers the substrate. Moreover, the results reveal that the adhesion strength is not uniform but is strong at the edge of the crater, where the oxide film has been removed by the colliding particle. These results reveal insights that will be valuable for future improvements in the adhesion strength of cold spray coatings.

Hybrid aerosol deposition (HAD) has been proposed recently as a new coating regime to deposit homogeneous ceramic coatings via the utilization of mesoplasma and solid particle deposition. This study will discuss the implementation of HAD for the deposition of alumina (Al 2 O 3 ) coatings on 304 stainless steel and aluminum substrates, and evaluation of the hardness and Young’s modulus using a nanoindentation method to clarify the through-thickness properties. Dense and uniform coatings with a nanocrystalline structure were fabricated on both substrate materials. The fabricated HAD coatings consisted of α-Al 2 O 3 phase. The hardness and Young’s modulus distributions along the through-thickness direction showed a significant difference across the coating-substrate interface and tended to show a slight decrease by 10-15% as the measured position went close the surface. Increasing the hardness and Young’s modulus on the substrate side near the interface is presumably related to the peeing effect of the substrate as well as the increase of interface roughness during the room temperature impact consolidation (RTIC) and deformation of the hard ceramic particles on the substrate. The decrease in the coating’s mechanical properties along the through-thickness direction is considered to be related to the particle deformation tendency during the coating build-up. At the beginning stage of the deposition, initial particles are impacting on a metallic substrate which is ductile enough to facile plastic deformation and the deposited layer can have an enough hammering effect by the subsequent impacting particles. The hardness and Young’s modulus in this location are 15.6 GPa and 246 GPa, respectively, and the highest through the thickness in case of the stainless steel substrate. However, the later particles are impacting on a hard ceramic surface (initially formed HAD Al 2 O 3 layers), which hardly undergo plastic deformation or led to less particle deformation. In addition, through-thickness measurements revealed that the deposited coatings on the stainless steel substrate showed higher hardness than deposited coatings on aluminum substrates. Thus, the stainless steel enhances the degree of deformation of the deposited particles, and the resulted smaller crystallite size and strain lead to increased hardness and modulus.

In this research, large gas-atomized copper powder was selected as the feedstock. Some powder was annealed in a vacuum circumstance to avoid to the greatest extent the effect of grain boundaries on the high velocity impact behavior of particles during cold spraying. Some powder was oxidized in a resistance furnace to clarify the effect of surface oxide films. Both the annealed and the oxidized Cu powders were deposited by cold spraying with respect to the single impacts and coating deposition under the same gas condition. In addition, the rebounded copper particles were collected for morphology analysis compared to the adhered particles. The results show that the average size of the rebounded particles is apparently increased compared to the starting powder because of the rebound of the larger particles and the intensive plastic deformation of particles. For the deposited particles, obvious plastic deformation causes the higher hardness of the coatings. The last but not the least finding in this study is the rebounded particles also experienced large deformation and possible shear instability at the impact interfaces.

Thermal-sprayed MCrAlY coatings are widely used for land-based gas turbine applications. The cold spray may increase the coating density owing to the high-velocity particle impacts during spraying. Many researchers have considered critical velocity to be the most important factor of the deposition mechanism of cold-sprayed coatings. However, this dominant parameter of critical deposition condition has not been completely understood. In order to understand the mechanism, two approaches were used in this study. One is the transmission electron microscope (TEM) observation of the interface between the coating and the substrate, and the other is the cross-sectional observation of the deposited particle by using the focused ion beam (FIB) cutting technique. From the TEM observations, there are no evidences of melting at the interface, and it is found that the actual bonding occurred at the nascent surfaces. Generally, there is a native oxide on the surface of the particles and substrate. After the plastic deformation of the particles and substrate, the native oxide breaks down; subsequently, a nascent surface can be created and direct contact initiates deposition. From the results of these investigations, it is thought that the dominant factor for deposition is the plastic deformation of the particles and substrates.

Ni base overlay coatings are being used to protect metallic engineering components in extreme conditions and actually traditional thermal spray deposition technologies such as Air Plasma Spraying (APS) and High Velocity Oxy-Fuel (HVOF) are mainly used to deposit these materials. However, Coldspray is receiving increased attention during the last years because of the lower spraying temperature required to deposit metallic coatings avoiding oxidation and reducing the coating porosity and the amount of residual stresses. The adhesion to the substrate and the growth mechanism of coldspray deposits are based on plastic deformation of impinging particles, so, in the case of high strength materials such as for example Ni alloys, it could be a lack in plastic deformation leading to insufficient compactness of the coating, barrier properties and high temperature resistance. Further improvements in the coatings performances could be attained by post-deposition thermal treatments to enhance coating adhesion and barrier properties. In this sense, the aim of this study is to explore a two-step way to produce high performances Inconel 625 alloy coatings by coldspray deposition followed by a laser glazing treatment. Coldspray Inconel 625 alloy coatings has been deposited onto AISI304 steel substrates. Laser glazing is performed using high power diode laser (HPDL) ROFIN-SINAR 13DS; the local thermal treatment on the coating surface induce microstructural changes which could modify and improve the coating compactness and performances. Coating morphology and microstructure has been evaluated and reported both before and after laser consolidation as a function of different laser conditions.

Air plasma spray coatings of three different WC-12%Co powders based on the powder manufacturing methods were conducted. S&F (Sintered and Crushed) WC-12%Co and NiCrSiB mixed powder with different ratio were also sprayed. The best wear resistance of S&F WC-12%Co coating was mainly due to its high hardness related with large amount of homogeneously and uniformly distributed retained carbides. The wear resistance of blend coatings increased with increasing WC-12%Co weight percent which was associated with the fact that the wear resistance of all coatings increased with increasing hardness and decreasing friction coefficient. But the exact relation of wear resistance with cohesive bond strength could not be found. The dominant wear mechanisms of WC-12%Co coatings were adhesive wear, tribo-film formation by material transfer, fatigue crack, particle (splat) fracture and delamination (spallation of coating layers). In the case of blend coatings, when the weight percent of WC-12%Co was small plastic deformation and abrasive mark (or scratching) by asperity and/or hard particle were observed. with increased weight percent of WC-12%Co the wear mechanism was closer to that of WC-12%Co coatings where no plastic deformation and abrasive mark was observed.

This paper describes tribological properties of WC cermet coating layers which are thermally sprayed with HVOF. On the assumption of the severe sliding condition in which large compress and tensile stress are applied to a surface layer simultaneously, relatively hard material is chosen as counter parts and additional tensile stress is applied. WC/12%Co, WC/10%Co/4%Cr and WC/20%CrC/7%Ni are employed as coating material. From the experimental results, it is found that the WC cermet spray coatings by the HVOF are inferior to sintered WC/Co with regard to fracture toughness near the surface and pseudo plastic deformation which are main wear behavior in severe sliding condition. It is also found that a heat treatment has certain effect to eliminate the wear caused by the surface fracture, while, for the pseudo plastic deformation, it does not exhibit much effect.

In cold spray, 5-150 μm particles (of metal, ceramic, composite, and other materials) are accelerated to supersonic velocities through a deLaval nozzle with an inert gas (generally He or N 2 ) that can reach 1000 °C. In the process, the gas jet impingement on the target and the extreme plastic deformation of impacting particles cause heat generation in the coating layers and the substrate. The heat generation has been argued to cause residual stress, which may cause coating-substrate delamination. In this study, heat generation due to gas impingement and particle plastic deformation has been predicted from CFD and FEA simulations, respectively. Furthermore, a finite volume method has been presented for transiently simulating the coating buildup and bulk heat generation in the coating and the substrate. The model is intended to assist researchers understand thermal affects in the coating process and help design more informed coating patterns to reduce negative thermal effects.

In cold spraying a powder material is accelerated and heated in the gas flow of a supersonic nozzle to velocities and temperatures that are sufficient to obtain cohesion of the particles to a substrate due to plastic deformation. The deposition efficiency of the powder particles is significantly determined by their velocity and temperature. The particle velocity correlates with the kinetic energy of the particles and thereby with the amount of energy that is converted to plastic deformation and thermal heating. The initial particle temperature significantly influences the mechanical properties of the particle. Velocity and temperature of the particles have nonlinear dependence on the pressure and temperature of the gas at the nozzle entrance. Whereas the particle velocity can easily be measured during the process, the particle temperature is not directly accessible by experimental techniques. Generally information about the particle temperature can be obtained based on theoretical models. In this contribution a simulation model based on the reactingParcelFoam solver of OpenFOAM is presented and applied for an analysis of the cold spray process. The model combines a compressible description of the gas flow in the nozzle with a Lagrangian particle tracking. The predictions of the simulation model are verified based on an analytical description of the gas flow, the particle acceleration and heating in the nozzle. Based on experimental data the drag model according to Plessis and Masliyah is identified to be best suited for OpenFOAM modelling particle heating and acceleration in cold spraying.

This paper considers the deposition of a commercial steel powder with a chemical composition that allows the coating to obtain an amorphous structure using thermal spray techniques. The processes used are characterized by high cooling speeds of the particles after the impact upon the substrate. The powders were sprayed with two different processes: cold gas spray (CGS) and high velocity oxyfuel (HVOF). A comparison between the samples obtained reveals that only the CGS coatings are completely amorphous; the HVOF samples exhibit nanocrystalline phases, detected with XRD analysis and SEM micrographs. Furthermore, the CGS coatings are more compact and show lower hardness with a comparable Young’s modulus. A hypothesis is that the formation of the amorphous structure is related to plastic deformation at impact (due to the high energy of the particles), rather than to the temperature; the mechanism could resemble that of a severe plastic deformation process. Additional thermal treatments and mechanical tests are in progress to investigate the toughness and other mechanical properties of the coatings.

In this paper, plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) with and without bond coat are stressed to various stress levels under four point bending with in situ acoustic emission (AE) to monitor any cracking activities. Micro- and macro-cracks occurring during the tests are investigated to better understand the failure mechanisms of TBCs. The results show that limited AE activities were detected in the first four stress-relief cycles, while plastic deformation and the greatest AE activity were observed when the applied load exceeded the yield point. In addition, they show that a TBC system that contained an adhesive layer had less AE activity (cracking events) than the TBC without an adhesive layer. In addition, the samples tested at a main speed of 5 micrometer/s resulted in a higher AE activity than the samples tested at 10 micrometer/s. With increasing plastic deformation, macro cracks and surface cracks also occurred. Paper includes a German-language abstract.

Cold spray (CS) is a progressive method for the deposition of metals and alloys whose principles involve considerable plastic deformation of the produced material at extreme strain rates. Positron annihilation spectroscopy (PAS) is an analytical technique capable of studying deformation on the atomic scale level, even in extremely deformed materials. In our study, the PAS method was used to characterize the deformation character at the lattice level and quantify the open-volume defects in four cold sprayed metals: Al, Cu, Ni, and Ti. As counterparts, bulk samples of these materials with ultrafine-grained structures were also produced by high-pressure torsion (HPT), a process exceeding cold spray in the total deformation, but having several orders of magnitude smaller strain rates, and by a traditional cold rolling process. The results show that the CS and HPT processes lead to the formation of similar lattice defects (dislocations and vacancy clusters), and both exhibit significantly higher dislocation densities than conventionally cold-rolled materials. Further, the vacancy clusters present in CS and HPT materials were not present in the rolled counterparts due to the lower vacancy production rate.

Cold spray additive manufacturing technology (CSAM) is a progressive method of 3D print of metals and alloys. Its inherent work principles allow production of the components below the material melting points, thereby avoiding several undesired material degradation processes. Among other inherently associated phenomena, the work principles of CSAM involve extreme plastic deformation of the materials, triggering formation of several types of lattice defects. Positron annihilation spectroscopy (PAS) is an analytical technique capable of studying deformation on the atomic scale level, even in extremely deformed materials. In our study, the first historical analysis of CSAM materials by PAS was carried out. For the demonstration, four different base metals were selected (Al, Cu, Ni, Ti). For these, the character of dislocations and vacancies was observed and the respective densities were quantified. The results show that the extremely high strain rate in the cold spray process prevents recovery of vacancies by diffusion to sinks. The deformation-induced vacancies agglomerate into small vacancy clusters. Hence, metals deposited using CSAM contain not only dislocations but also vacancy clusters. Both kinds of defects were detected by positron annihilation spectroscopy.

In this work, the fundamental mechanisms for ceramic particle deformation in aerosol deposition were investigated. We hypothesized that pre-existing defects affect ceramic particle deformation under compression. Preliminary results showed that near defect-free, sub-micron, single crystal alumina (Al 2 O 3 ) particles exhibited dislocation nucleation and motion along with significant plastic deformation, shape change, and cracking in compression at room temperature. In contrast, highly defected, micron-sized alumina particles exhibit no observable change in shape before fracture and fragmentation. Particle deformation mechanisms, identified through this work, provide insight into feedstock design for solid state alumina deposition using the aerosol deposition process.

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is known for its rich diversity of microstructures and has been attracting attention for its unique combination of mechanical and physical properties. It has been a material of interest in different areas such as optoelectronics, sensors and the general ceramic industry. It also has been a material of interest in biomedicine due to its antimicrobial characteristics and biocompatibility properties. A simple processing route to produce ZnO micro/nanostructures is the thermal oxidation of zinc, which results in a wide range of ZnO nanostructures depending on the oxidation conditions. The main objective of this study was to investigate the influence of a severe plastically deformed zinc microstructure on the formation of ZnO nanostructures produced by oxidation, with a special attention to the zinc oxide growth mechanism and nanostructures characteristics. For this purpose, the cold spray process was used to produce Zn coatings using different feedstock powders that required different process parameters in order to obtain Zn coatings with severely deformed particles. A non-catalytic thermal oxidation method was then used to successfully produce ZnO nanostructures at the surface of the heavily deformed cold sprayed Zn coatings. The as-grown ZnO nanostructures were investigated in detail using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. These investigations revealed that the chemical fingerprint of the oxides grown in the cold sprayed samples was different from that of conventional ZnO. It was also observed that in the oxidized cold sprayed Zn coatings, the formation of ZnO nanowires was hindered due to the formation of blisters generated during the high temperature exposure, revealing nonoptimized process parameters.

Gas Dynamic Spray (GDS) is a high rate, direct material-deposition process that utilizes the kinetic energy of particles sprayed at supersonic velocities to cause bonding through the particle plastic deformation on impact. GDS seems to be similar to the powder shock consolidation process, which is governed by dynamic regimes of granular material deformation under impulse loading. These regimes are characterized by adiabatic shear band (ASB) formation. This paper describes the preliminary analysis of ASB formation during GDS on the basis of a combination of the Johnson-Cook and shock wave consolidation models. The dependence of the ASB width on different parameters, including initial powder porosity, average impact stress, shear strain, initial temperature, and contact time was determined. The ASB width was found to vary in the range of 0.5–15 μm, which reveals the great localization of particle deformation in the GDS process.

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) represent a new class of advanced metallic alloys that have gained significant interest. They offer a unique combination of mechanical, thermal, and functional properties, making HEAs ideal for various industrial applications. One such alloy is the recently developed equiatomic body-centred cubic phase AlCoCrFeMo. In particular, thermally sprayed AlCoCrFeMo coatings have gained wide interest due to their exceptional mechanical properties compared to common industrial steel. In the current study, the effect of Mo concentrations on the strength of single crystal AlCoCrFeMo HEA was investigated using molecular dynamics simulation and the phase stability of the alloy was studied using polyhedral template matching. Our results indicate that the local lattice distortion of the alloy is not significantly related to Mo concentration. The yield strength of AlCoCrFeMo HEA obtained through tensile loading, was found to increase with Mo concentration, at a molar ratio of Mo higher than 0.5. Investigation of the deformation behavior of the HEA revealed that bands with high shear strains evolved during plastic deformation. The formation of shear bands after the yield point elucidated the softening exhibited by the material due to localized deformation. These findings provide guidance for tailoring the mechanical properties of AlCoCrFeMo HEA by adjusting Mo concentrations, offering new avenues for designing functional coating materials.