Understanding the slurry erosion behaviour of iron-based chromium carbide coating material during deposition via arc spray coating method

The material S235JR was spray-coated with iron-based chromium carbide in the present study. The effects of the initial surface roughness on slurry erosion were investigated. Samples with a rough surface and polished surface were used. The impact of particle concentration, impact velocity and impact angle was studied on the slurry erosion characteristics in terms of mass loss, surface roughness and surface temperature. In addition, the surfaces were analysed using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Further, the estimation equation has been derived using response surface method (RSM) based on the data obtained in the study. The results show that velocity and concentration are the key factors in determining the mass loss and surface temperature while the impact angle has a relatively minor role. Mass losses in rough samples ranged from 8.8 mg to 40 mg; in polished samples, the range ranged from 5.6 mg to 10.9 mg.