| Autor: |
Stanciu EM; Materials Engineering and Welding Department, Transilvania University of Brasov, Eroilor 29 Str., 500036 Brasov, Romania., Pascu A; Materials Engineering and Welding Department, Transilvania University of Brasov, Eroilor 29 Str., 500036 Brasov, Romania., Croitoru C; Materials Engineering and Welding Department, Transilvania University of Brasov, Eroilor 29 Str., 500036 Brasov, Romania., Roată IC; Materials Engineering and Welding Department, Transilvania University of Brasov, Eroilor 29 Str., 500036 Brasov, Romania., Cristea D; Materials Science Department, Transilvania University of Brasov, Eroilor 29 Str., 500036 Brasov, Romania., Tierean MH; Materials Engineering and Welding Department, Transilvania University of Brasov, Eroilor 29 Str., 500036 Brasov, Romania., Hulka I; Renewable Energy Research Institute-ICER, Politehnica University Timisoara, 138 Gavril Musicescu Street, 300774 Timisoara, Romania., Petre IM; Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Faculty of Technological Engineering and Industrial Management, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500036 Brasov, Romania., Mirza Rosca JC; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. |
| Abstrakt: |
This study presents a novel laser processing technique in a liquid media to enhance the surface mechanical properties of a material, by thermal impact and micro-alloying at the subsurface level. An aqueous solution of nickel acetate (15% wt.) was used as liquid media for laser processing of C45E steel. A pulsed laser TRUMPH Truepulse 556 coupled to a PRECITEC 200 mm focal length optical system, manipulated by a robotic arm, was employed for the under-liquid micro-processing. The study's novelty lies in the diffusion of nickel in the C45E steel samples, resulting from the addition of nickel acetate to the liquid media. Micro-alloying and phase transformation were achieved up to a 30 µm depth from the surface. The laser micro-processed surface morphology was analysed using optical and scanning electron microscopy. Energy dispersive spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction were used to determine the chemical composition and structural development, respectively. The microstructure refinement was observed, along with the development of nickel-rich compounds at the subsurface level, contributing to an improvement of the micro and nanoscale hardness and elastic modulus (230 GPa). The laser-treated surface exhibited an enhancement of microhardness from 250 to 660 HV 0.03 and an improvement of more than 50% in corrosion rate. |
