Method for surface-modifying titanium alloy

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11535924-B1
Application number	US-202217867738-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jul 19, 2022
Priority date	Dec 9, 2021
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for surface-modifying titanium alloy, comprising the following steps: carburizing titanium alloy in solid carburizing agent A and solid carburizing agent B, and then performing gas co-infiltration to realize surface modification treatment of titanium alloy; the solid carburizing agent A includes raw materials of charcoal powder a, barium carbonate, calcium carbonate, barium acetate, urea and cerium carbonate, and the solid carburizing agent B includes raw materials of charcoal powder b, barium carbonate, calcium carbonate and cerium carbonate; and the gases used in the gas co-infiltration are ammonia, air and acetylene.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for surface-modifying titanium alloy, wherein titanium alloy is carburized in solid carburizing agent A and solid carburizing agent B, followed by gas co-infiltration to achieve surface modification of titanium alloy;
wherein the solid carburizing agent A includes raw materials of charcoal powder a, barium carbonate, calcium carbonate, barium acetate, urea and cerium carbonate;
wherein the solid carburizing agent B includes raw materials of charcoal powder b, barium carbonate, calcium carbonate and cerium carbonate;
wherein the gas co-infiltration uses gases of ammonia, air and acetylene;
wherein the charcoal powder a has a particle size in a range of 0.5-1 millimeter (mm), and the charcoal powder b has a particle size in a range of 1-3 mm; the titanium alloy is an alpha+beta (TC) or a beta (TB) titanium alloy;
specifically comprising the following steps:
(1) covering the surface of the titanium alloy with solid carburizing agent A after a primary sandblasting treatment, followed by covering with solid carburizing agent B; carrying out carburizing treatment to the titanium alloy and then transferring the treated titanium alloy to water for cooling to 20 to 40 degree Celsius (° C.); and
(2) carrying out gas co-infiltration treatment on the titanium alloy treated by step (1) after secondary sandblasting treatment and air-cooling the co-infiltrated titanium alloy to 20-40° C.;
wherein the solid carburizing agent A includes raw materials according to the following dosages by mass fraction: charcoal powder a: 80-82 percent (%) by mass fraction; barium carbonate: 8-10% by mass fraction; calcium carbonate: 3-5% by mass fraction; barium acetate: 2% by mass fraction; urea: 2% by mass fraction; cerium carbonate: 1% by mass fraction;
wherein the solid carburizing agent B includes raw materials according to the following dosage by mass fraction: charcoal powder b: 84-86% by mass; barium carbonate: 8-10%; calcium carbonate: 3-5%; cerium carbonate: 1%.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the gases used in the gas co-infiltration are ammonia, air and acetylene with a volume ratio of 20:2:1 at 25° C. and 1 standard atmospheric pressure.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the primary sandblasting treatment in the step (1) adopts 100-mesh carborundum with a machining margin of 5 to 10 micrometer (μm); the secondary sandblasting treatment in the step (2) adopts 150-mesh carborundum.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step (1), the solid carburizing agent A achieves a covering thickness of 2 mm, and the solid carburizing agent B achieves a covering thickness of 5-8 mm; in the process of gas co-infiltration in step (2), ammonia and air are firstly introduced in proportion, and acetylene is then introduced in proportion after the tail gas is fully burned.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the carburizing treatment in step (1) is carried out at 875° C.-950° C. for 2-6 hours (h); and the gas co-infiltration treatment in step (2) is carried out at 550° C. for 2-6 h.

Assignees

• Univ Southwest Jiaotong

Inventors

• Cui Guodong
• Chen Dazhi
• Zhang Chengsong

Classifications

• C23C8/64 Primary

  Carburising · CPC title

• C23C8/28

  more than one element being applied in one step · CPC title

• C23C8/24

  Nitriding · CPC title

• C23C8/02 Primary

  Pretreatment of the material to be coated (C23C8/04 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C23C8/80

  After-treatment · CPC title