Nanoindentation and wear properties of Ti and Ti-TiB composite materials produced by selective laser melting

Hooyar Attar, S. Ehtemam-Haghighi, D. Kent, I. V. Okulov, H. Wendrock, Matthias Bönisch, A. S. Volegov, Mariana Calin, Jürgen Eckert, M.S. Dargusch

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Abstract

Ti and Ti-TiB composite materials were produced by selective laser melting (SLM). Ti showed an α΄ microstructure, whereas the Ti-TiB composite revealed a distribution of needle-like TiB particles across an α-Ti matrix. Hardness (H) and reduced elastic modulus (Er) were investigated by nanoindentation using loads of 2, 5 and 10 mN. The results showed higher H and Er values for the Ti-TiB than Ti due to the hardening and stiffening effects of the TiB reinforcements. On increasing the nanoindentation load, H and Er were decreased. Comparison of the nanoindentation results with those derived from conventional hardness and compression tests indicated that 5 mN is the most suitable nanoindentation load to assess the elastic modulus and hardness properties. The wear resistance of the samples was related to their corresponding H/Er and H3/Er2 ratios obtained by nanoindentation. These investigations showed that there is a high degree of consistency between the characterization using nanoindentation and the wear evaluation from conventional wear tests.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)20-26
Number of pages7
JournalMaterials science and engineering: A, Structural materials: properties, microstructure and processing
Volume688
Early online date31 Jan 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2017

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