Nanocrystalline FeCoNi alloy

Wear-resistant and hard

Nanostructuring greatly enhances hardness and promotes oxide layer formation, reducing wear rate by an order of magnitude versus coarse-grained alloys and outperforming conventional nanocrystalline Ni alloys.

Chen, Yan · Li, Heng · Si-en, LI · Sun, Guixun · Zhao, Liang · Hu, Chaoquan · Zhang W. · Tong, Guodong · Xuegang, Chen · Han, Shuang · Zong, Hongxiang · Li, Jun · Jianshe, Lian

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition) 2024

Advantages

Wear rate one order of magnitude lower than coarse-grained counterpart

Hardness significantly elevated

Friction coefficient lower than conventional NC Ni and Ni-based alloys