Structure and Tribological Characteristics of Steels after Liquid Boriding with Additions of Rare Earth Oxides
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Abstract The effect of boriding on the structure and tribological characteristics of VKS-5, Kh12MF, and 40Kh steels was studied. The samples were processed in a melt based on sodium tetraborate and boron carbide with the addition of lanthanum, yttrium, and scandium oxides in an amount of 5%. It was shown that this type of chemical-thermal treatment (CTT) is an effective means of increasing the tribological efficiency of steel joints for operating conditions without a lubricant. When testing the friction pair of VKS-5 steel–SS440 steel, the maximum decrease in the friction coefficient is observed if the steel is borided in the melt with the addition of Y2O3, the smallest, with the addition of La2O3. The values of the friction coefficient in the steady-state mode are: ≈0.45 for the original (not subjected to CTT) surface, steel after boriding in a standard melt, and in a melt with the addition of La2O3; ≈0.20 for steel after boriding with the addition of Sc2O3; and ≈0.14 for steel borided in a melt with the addition of Y2O3. The wear of VKS-5 steel decreases by ≈6.7 times after treatment in a standard melt, by 5.0, 4.2 and 3.6 times, respectively, in a melt with the addition of La2O3, Sc2O3, and Y2O3. Boriding of Kh12MF steel in a standard melt reduces the friction coefficient by 1.7 times, and wear by 1.8 times compared to steel without CTT. The average value of the friction coefficient decreases by 2.9, 2.7, and 2 times in melts with the addition of La2O3, Y2O3, and Sc2O3, respectively; the wear intensity in the melt with La2O3 does not increase significantly, with Y2O3, it decreases by 1.6 times, and with the addition of Sc2O3, it decreases by 1.3 times. Boriding forms wear-resistant diffusion layers on the surface of 40Kh steel. The best results in the combination of two tribotechnical characteristics (wear intensity and friction coefficient) for the friction pair 40Kh steel—SS440 steel were obtained under conditions when the steel was borided in a melt of standard composition.
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