Abstract
We report on the slurry erosion and cavitation behavior of a zirconium based bulk metallic glass (BMG), Zr44Ti11Cu10Ni10Be25. Slurry erosion and cavitation tests were carried out using a non-circulating type test rig at different impingement angles. For comparative analysis, commonly used hydroturbine steel, CA6NM (13Cr4Ni), was also evaluated under similar test conditions. For low impingement angles, BMG demonstrated nearly 3 times higher erosion resistance compared to CA6NM. However, under normal impingement condition, BMG showed marginally better erosion performance. The cavitation resistance for BMG was four times higher compared to hydroturbine steel. The unusually high erosion resistance for BMG is attributed to its uniform amorphous structure with no grain boundaries, higher hardness, and ability to accommodate strain through localized shear bands.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
J. P. Franc and J. M. Michel: Fundamentals of Cavitation, (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2004).
Y. Iwabuchi, S. Sawada, Metallurgical characteristics of a large hydraulic runner casting of type 13Cr-Ni stainless steel, ASTM, 1982, pp. 332–354.
H.S. Grewal, S. Bhandari, H. Singh, Parametric study of slurry-erosion of hydroturbine steels with and without detonation gun spray coatings using taguchi technique, Metall. Mater. Trans. A, 43 (2012) 3387–3401.
B. Mann, V. Arya, A. Maiti, M. Rao, P. Joshi, Corrosion and erosion performance of HVOF/TiAlN PVD coatings and candidate materials for high pressure gate valve application, Wear, 260 (2006) 75–82.
B.S. Mann, High-energy particle impact wear resistance of hard coatings and their application in hydroturbines, Wear, 237 (2000) 140–146.
J. Santa, J. Baena, A. Toro, Slurry erosion of thermal spray coatings and stainless steels for hydraulic machinery, Wear, 263 (2007) 258–264.
J.F. Santa, L.A. Espitia, J.A. Blanco, S.A. Romo, A. Toro, Slurry and cavitation erosion resistance of thermal spray coatings, Wear, 267 (2009) 160–167.
F. Mohammadi, J. Luo, Effect of cold work on erosion–corrosion of 304 stainless steel, Corr. Sci., 53 (2011) 549–556.
A. A. C. Recco, D. López, A. F. Bevilacqua, F. Silva, A. P. Tschiptschin, Improvement of the slurry erosion resistance of an austenitic stainless steel with combinations of surface treatments: Nitriding and TiN coating, Surf. Coat. Techno., 202 (2007) 993–997.
J. Xu, C. Zhuo, D. Han, J. Tao, L. Liu, S. Jiang, Erosion–corrosion behavior of nano-particle-reinforced Ni matrix composite alloying layer by duplex surface treatment in aqueous slurry environment, Corr. Sci., 51 (2009) 1055–1068.
W.L. Johnson, Bulk glass-forming metallic alloys: Science and Technology, Mat. Res. Bull., 24 (1999) 42–56.
A. L. Greer, Metallic glasses, Science, 267 (1995)1947–1953.
A. Inoue, Stabilization of metallic supercooled liquid and bulk amorphous alloys, Acta Mater., 48 (2000) 279–306.
J. Schroers, Processing of bulk metallic glass, Adv. Mater., 22 (2010) 1566–1597.
J. Schroers, On the formability of bulk metallic glass in its supercooled liquid state, Acta Mater., 56 (2008) 471–478.
I. Finnie, Some reflections on the past and future of erosion, Wear, 186–187 (1995) 1–10.
I. Finnie, Erosion of surfaces by solid particles, Wear, 3 (1960) 87–103.
G.P. Tilly, Sand erosion of metals and plastics: A brief review, Wear, 14 (1969) 241–248.
G.F. Truscott, A literature survey on abrasive wear in hydraulic machinery, Wear, 20 (1972) 29–50.
D.C. Wen, Erosion and wear behavior of nitrocarburized DC53 tool steel, Wear, 268 (2010) 629–636.
Q. An, G. Garrett, K. Samwer, Y. Liu, S.V. Zybin, S.N. Luo, M.D. Demetriou, W.L. Johnson, and W.A. Goddard, Atomistic characterization of stochastic cavitation of a binary metallic liquid under negative pressure, J. Phys. Chem., 2 (2011) 1320–1323.
W. J. Tomlinson and S. J. Matthews, Cavitation erosion of structural ceramics, Ceram. Int., 20 (1994) 201–209.
J. Lu, K. Zumgahr, and J. Schneider, Microstructural Effects on the resistance to cavitation erosion of ZrO2 ceramics in Water, Wear, 265 (2008) 1680–1686.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2015 TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society)
About this paper
Cite this paper
Arora, H.S., Aditya, A.V., Mukherjee, S. (2015). Bulk Metallic Glass: A Superior Erosion and Cavitation Resistant Material. In: TMS 2015 144th Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48127-2_82
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48127-2_82
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-48608-6
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-48127-2
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials ScienceChemistry and Material Science (R0)