Neste trabalho pretende-se estabelecer relações entre a micro e a nanoestrutura e a resistência à erosão-cavitação em aços inoxidáveis com alto teor de nitrogênio. Estas relações serão determinadas através do estudo dos mecanismos de deformação plástica e degradação observado nas superfícies e na micro e nanoestrutura durante ensaios de cavitação vibracional. As amostras do aço inoxidável duplex UNS S31803, com aproximadamente 0,9% Nem peso, foram obtidas por nitretação gasosa em alta temperatura, divididas em amostras com nitrogênio em solução sólida e solubilizadas e amostras com nitrogênio em solução sólida e encruadas. As amostras de ensaio foram submetidas à cavitação vibratória em água destilada. Os mecanismos de dano que operam nas diferentes etapas do desgaste foram analisados utilizando microscópio eletrônico de varredura (MEV) para diferentes tempos de ensaio, analisando sempre o mesmo local através da perda de massa. A partir dos resultados obtidos nesse trabalho, observa-se que as amostras com nitrogênio em solução sólida e solubilizadas (318HTGN+Sol), e as laminadas (318HTGN+Enc), apresentaram taxa de desgaste 16 e 172 vezes menores, respectivamente, comparadas com o aço AISI 304L solubilizado. Por outro lado, a amostra do aço nitretado, com nitrogênio em solução sólida e solubilizado (318HTGN+Sol), e as laminadas (318HTGN+Enc), apresentaram taxa de desgaste 2 e 17 vezes menores, respectivamente, comparadas com o aço AISI 304L encruado. Foi possível constatar um aumento considerável do tempo de incubação, o que permitiu, de forma detalhada, acompanhar os mecanismos de deformação e evidenciar nos primeiros estágios da cavitação a formação de bandas de escorregamento. Foi possível, também, observar como os contornos de grão ou de macla, locais preferenciais de nucleação do dano, atuam quando comparados com danos no interior dos grãos.
Niobium carbide (NbC) coatings doped with Nickel (Ni) were deposited by reactive DC-magnetron sputtering using methane (CH4) as carbon (C) source. Reference NbC coating was deposited with a total power of 2500 W and NbxNiyCz coatings were deposited by decreasing the power applied to the Nb target and increasing the power applied to the Nb-Ni target, giving rise to coatings with increasing Ni content. Structural and microstructural characterizations of NbC and NbxNiyCz coatings were performed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Raman Spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy (MET) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (MEV). Mechanical properties of the coatings were studied using the instrumented nanoindentation technique, in order to evaluate the Hardness (H) and Elastic modulus (E). The adhesion between coatings and substrate was evaluated using Rockwell C test and instrumented linear scratch tests. The tests for studying the thermal stability of the coatings were carried out in a controlled atmosphere chamber furnace at temperatures of 600 °C and 800 °C for 2h. Finally, the oxidation resistance of the coatings was studied by means of Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) tests of continuous and isothermal heating. The NbC and NbxNiyCz films in the as-deposited condition and annealed at 600 °C, showed good adhesion (failure mode HF1) to the AISI M2 steel substrate, indicating that the adhesion interlayer of the Cr, CrC and a gradient CrC/NbC layer was effective in avoiding adhesive failures. The increasing of Ni content in the structure of NbC coatings promoted the formation of nanocomposite structures, composed of a mixture of NbC and NiCx nanocrystallites. Additionally, the introduction of nickel allows increasing the hardness for the coatings in the as-deposited condition, from 17 to 25 GPa for Ni contents from 0 to 13 at. %, respectively, and, improving the oxidation resistance over the pure NbC coating, from 380 °C to 480 °C for the Ni-rich coatings. Finally, the thermal stability analyses showed that the NiCx precipitate decompose during the annealing treatments at 600 °C and 800 °C, which promoted an increase in the hardness and Young's modulus values for all coatings. These behaviors were attributed to the increase of crystallinity of the coatings.
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