摘要
Although the deposition mechanisms of the cold spray process are well studied, few reports regarding the use of surface-modified particles exist. Herein, titanium particles 3-39 μm in size and with an angular shape were modified in a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition process in Ar, Ar-C2H2, and N2 plasmas. After Ar-C2H2 and N2 treatments, the respective presence of TiC and TiN on the particle surface was confirmed via transmission electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray, X-ray photoelectron, and Raman spectroscopies. The powders were deposited on titanium substrates by cold spray experiments, where unmodified particles up to 10(xm in size exhibited a successful surface bon ding. This finding was described by an existing analytical model, whose parameters were achieved by computational fluid dynamics simulations taking the particle shape factor into account:. A good deposition of plasma-modified particles up to 30 μm in size was experimentally observed, exhibiting an upper size limit larger than that predicted by the model. Higher surface roughness values were found for plasmamodified particles, as determined by 3D scanning electron microscopy. The water contact angle indicated that argon treatment influenced the wettability. Tribological tests showed a decrease of the initial friction coefficient from 0.53 to 0.47 by microstructuring.
