In this study, suspension plasma spraying is used to produce cast iron coatings that benefit from a graphite structure. In order to increase the graphite content, different hydrocarbons in the form of liquid suspension (hexane and toluene) and gas precursor (methane) were injected into the plasma stream along with iron powder. Besides promoting the formation of a soot carbon structure, liquid hydrocarbon injection also prevents in-flight particle oxidation, which is a major concern when spraying metals. In addition, it has been observed that using a shroud during spraying significantly increases the amount of soot carbon in cast iron coatings, which can be transformed into graphite by post annealing.

In this work, mechanically alloyed Al–12Si/TiB 2 /h-BN composite powder was deposited onto an aluminum substrate by atmospheric plasma spraying. The results revealed that the mechanical alloying (MA) process has a significant effect on composite powder morphology and in-situ reaction intensity between the selective powders during plasma spraying. In addition, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) powder incorporated as a solid lubricant, which has excellent lubricating properties, decomposed into B and N and formed a solid solution after a long period of milling. More specifically, during plasma spraying a large amount of h-BN reacted with Al to form AlN. Unlubricated ball-on-disk testing ring was used to examine the anti wear performance of the coatings. The worn surfaces were examined using scanning electron and energy dispersive spectroscopy to elucidate the wear mechanisms operating at the sliding interface.

In-situ plasma spraying (IPS) is a promising process to fabricate composite coatings with in-situ formed thermodynamically stable phases. In the present study, mechanically alloyed Al–12Si and SiO 2 powder was deposited onto an aluminum substrate by atmospheric plasma spraying (APS) to obtain a composite coating consist of in-situ formed alumina reinforced hypereutectic Al-18Si matrix alloy. The effect of arc current on the corrosion behavior of the composite coating has been investigated. Corrosion resistance of the composite coatings was analyzed by using the potentiodynamic polarization scanning (PDS) technique. Surface morphology of the coatings before and after the corrosion test was examined by using metallographic methods and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Obtained results are discussed in detail.