This work investigates the influence of nitrogen gas pressure and temperature on the structure and properties of cold sprayed titanium coatings. Two guns were used to assess the effect of impinging particle temperature. Particle speed was measured and used to calculate critical velocity for selected experimental conditions. The results show that increasing the temperature and pressure of the gas propellant reduces coating porosity and increases hardness, flattening ratio, and deposition efficiency. At the maximum pressure and temperature (40 bar and 800 °C) for nitrogen gas, coating density was close to the value reported for cold sprayed titanium produced using helium as the propellant.

The properties of pure Cu, Ni and Ti cold spray coatings on mild steel substrates were examined. Samples were prepared using CGTTM Kinetics 3000 system varying gun temperatures from 200 to 600 °C and gun pressures from 10 to 30 bars with N 2 as propelling gas. For these conditions, deposition efficiencies and critical velocities were characterized. In addition, the microstructural and mechanical properties of coatings were examined.