Tribological Behavior and Surface Chemistry Characteristics of Quasicrystal Coatings

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of air plasma spraying process parameters on the tribological behavior and surface characteristics of quasicrystal coatings. For this purpose, the response surface method (RSM), one of the designs of experiment (DOE) was utilized to systematically investigate the combined effects of each process parameters. The RSM analysis revealed that the superior tribological performance of quasicrystal coatings was obtained by the optimized condition of specific micro-hardness and porosity level. It was specially quoted that the relatively low hardness of quasicrystal coatings caused the improvement of abrasive wear resistance during the current investigation.