Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2018-02-21T21:32:47Z No. of bitstreams: 1 RicardoCesarDaSilvaRocha_TESE.pdf: 5309449 bytes, checksum: d6c6f63a7d0c3dd4a1a227198be68cee (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2018-02-23T18:57:37Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 RicardoCesarDaSilvaRocha_TESE.pdf: 5309449 bytes, checksum: d6c6f63a7d0c3dd4a1a227198be68cee (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-23T18:57:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RicardoCesarDaSilvaRocha_TESE.pdf: 5309449 bytes, checksum: d6c6f63a7d0c3dd4a1a227198be68cee (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-31 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico (CNPq) / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / Os processos de aspers?es t?rmica s?o utilizados para obten??o de revestimentos, com o objetivo, de reduzir o desgaste, minimizar os efeitos da corros?o ou para reparo de superf?cies, com aplica??es na ind?stria de petr?leo, aeroespacial e el?trica, dentre outras. O carbeto de ni?bio (NbC) tem se destacado na ind?stria mec?nica, na ?rea qu?mica e de microeletr?nica, por apresentar propriedades como elevada dureza, alto ponto de fus?o (3610?C), elevada condutividade t?rmica, grande estabilidade qu?mica, al?m de resist?ncia a radia??o. As propriedades dos revestimentos dependem da composi??o qu?mica e da microestrutura, que s?o influenciadas por sua vez pelos par?metros do processo. A t?cnica de deposi??o atrav?s de tocha de plasma por arco n?o transferido vem sendo estudada para o processamento de revestimentos. O Fe-NbC ? um novo produto desenvolvido para ser utilizado como refor?o por proporcionar melhoria nas propriedades mec?nicas de materiais met?licos. Apresenta-se neste trabalho os resultados de uma investiga??o sobre a forma??o, caracteriza??o e desempenho tribol?gico de camadas duras, obtidas por aspers?o t?rmica atrav?s de plasma de arco n?o transferido a partir de p?s de Fe-NbC, depositados em substrato de a?o ABNT 1020. Para a obten??o das camadas, foram variadas a corrente de trabalho e a vaz?o de g?s da tocha. Os revestimentos obtidos foram caracterizados por meio de an?lises de difra??o de Raios X, microscopia ?ptica, microscopia eletr?nica de varredura, an?lise qu?mica, rugosidade, microdureza Vickers e testes de pino sobre disco. Os resultados indicaram que as varia??es dos par?metros de deposi??o alteraram a dureza e o coeficiente de atrito devido a forma??o de fases de NbC e Fe3O4. / Thermal spraying processes are used to obtain coatings, which can reduce erosion, minimizing the effects of corrosion or for repairing surfaces, with applications in the petroleum, aerospace and electrical industries, among others. NbC carbide has been outstanding in the mechanical, chemical and microelectronic industries since it has properties such as high hardness, high melting point (3610 ? C), high thermal conductivity, high chemical stability, besides resistance to radiation. The properties of the coatings depend on the chemical composition and the microstructure, which are influenced by the process parameters. The technique of deposition through an untransferred arc plasma torch has been studied for coating processing. Fe-NbC is a new product developed to be used as reinforcement because it provides improvement in the mechanical properties of metallic materials. This work presents the results of an investigation on the formation, characterization and tribological performance of hard layers obtained by thermal spraying, using non-transferred arc plasma from Fe-NbC powders deposited on ABNT 1020 steel substrate. To get the layers, the working current and the gas flow of the torch were varied. The obtained coatings were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis, optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, chemical analysis, roughness, Vickers microhardness and pin-to-disk tests. The results indicated that the variations of the deposition parameters have changed the hardness and the coefficient of friction due to the formation of NbC and Fe3O4 phases.