Oxidation processes on the surface of the laser treatment zone of tool steels
A. T. Kozakov1, S. I. Yaresko2, A. V. Sidashov3
1 Research Institute of Physics of South Federal University,
194 Prospect Stachki, 344091 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
E-mail: kozakov_a@mail.ru
2 Samara Branch of P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
221, Novo-Sadovaya, 443011, Samara, Russia
E-mail: yarsi54@gmail.com
3 Rostov State Transport University,
2 Rostovskogo Strelkovogo Polka Narodnogo Opolcheniya Sq., 344038, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
E-mail: iav-1980@yandex.ru
The results of a study of the composition of oxides formed on the surface of the laser exposure zone (LEZ) in the air of tool steels differing in chemical composition and degree of alloying are presened. 150Cr14 (9XC), M2 (R6M5) and T8 (R9K5) steels were used as the object of research. It was established by XPS that the formed oxide films have a qualitatively matching “layered” structure and differ significantly from each other, both in total thickness and in the thicknesses of the oxide films of different phase composition included in them. It was shown, that the formed film is essentially multilayered and multicomponent. For alloyed tool steels, a significant redistribution of the concentrations of alloying elements by the depth of the LEZ was established, which determines the composition of the formed oxides and their location relative to the base material. It was shown that, regardless of the composition of the steel, the external layer of the oxide film on the surface of the LEZ consists mainly of a mixture of FeO and Fe2O3 oxides. Fe3O4 oxide and a mixture of higher oxides of alloying elements, which are located in the following sequence deep from the surface of the zone: WO3, V2O5, MoO2, Cr2O3 and CoO are located deeper to the base metal. Selective enrichment of the surface with W and Mo atoms was found for T8 steel, leading to hardening of the grain boundaries and the appearance of a local hardened layer at a depth of 90 nm. According to the research data, it was concluded that the integral thickness of the oxide film on the surface of the studied steels does not exceed 200 – 250 nm.
Keywords: laser treatment, tool steels, surface, oxide film, XPS, elemental composition, phase composition.
DOI: 10.30791/0015-3214-2024-4-26-39