Comparison of hot wire TIG stellite 6 weld cladding and lost wax cast stellite 6 under corrosive wear conditions

Brownlie, F. and Anene, C. and Hodgkiess, T. and Pearson, A. and Galloway, A.M. (2018) Comparison of hot wire TIG stellite 6 weld cladding and lost wax cast stellite 6 under corrosive wear conditions. Wear, 404-405. pp. 71-81. ISSN 0043-1648 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2018.03.004)

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Abstract

This study compares Hot Wire Tungsten Inert Gas Stellite 6 weld cladding on a low carbon steel substrate with a lost wax cast Stellite 6 in impingement erosion-corrosion conditions. Austenitic stainless steel samples were used as a reference material. Tests were conducted in a closed loop impinged slurry vessel with a jet velocity of 18 m/s with 3.5%NaCl aqueous solution containing 500 µm spherical silica sand particles (0.5 g/l sand concentration). The testing temperature was 40 °C. Mass loss measurements and a volumetric analysis as well as microstructural evaluation were used as post-test analysis techniques. Results showed that weld cladding and lost wax cast Stellite 6 performed better than the stainless steel, with the weld cladding marginally outperforming the lost wax cast technique.

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Brownlie, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3087-090X, Anene, C., Hodgkiess, T., Pearson, A. and Galloway, A.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0143-8314;
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