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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Improving the Wear Resistance of Steel-Cutting Tools for Nuclear Power Facilities by Electrospark Alloying with Hard Transition Metal Borides.

Oksana Haponova, Viacheslav Tarelnyk, Tomasz Mościcki, Katarzyna Zielińska, Oleksandr Myslyvchenko, Kamil Bochenek, Dariusz Garbiec, Gennadii Laponog, Jaroslaw Jan Jasinski

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Oksana HaponovaDepartment of Experimental Mechanics, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5B, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4866-0599
Viacheslav TarelnykTechnical Service and Industrial Engineering Department, Sumy National Agrarian University, H. Kondratiieva 160, 40021 Sumy, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0003-2005-5861
Tomasz MościckiDepartment of Experimental Mechanics, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5B, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8407-903X
Katarzyna ZielińskaDepartment of Experimental Mechanics, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5B, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0009-0004-4706-6362
Oleksandr MyslyvchenkoPhysical Chemistry of Inorganic Materials Department, I. M. Frantsevich Institute for Problems in Materials Science, Omeliana Pritsaka 3, 04060 Kyiv, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0003-4903-6488
Kamil BochenekDepartment of Mechanics of Materials, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5B, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6926-0076
Dariusz GarbiecŁukasiewicz Research Network-Poznań Institute of Technology, Ewarysta Estkowskiego 6, 61-755 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1114-6323
Gennadii LaponogApplied Material Science and Technology of Constructional Materials Department, Sumy State University, Kharkivska 116, 40007 Sumy, Ukraine.ORCID 0009-0008-7538-4682
Jaroslaw Jan JasinskiNational Centre for Nuclear Research, Centre of Excellence in Multifunctional Materials NOMATEN, A. Soltana 7, Swierk, 05-400 Otwock, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7372-5788

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Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine 0124U000539
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study focuses on improving the wear resistance of cutting tools and extending their service life under intense mechanical, thermal, and radiation loads in nuclear power plant environments. This research investigates the potential of electrospark alloying (ESA) using W-Zr-B system electrodes obtained from disks synthesised by spark plasma sintering (SPS). The novelty of this work lies in the use of SPS-synthesised W-Zr-B ceramics, which are promising for nuclear applications due to their high thermal stability, radiation resistance and neutron absorption, as ESA electrodes. This work also establishes the relationship between discharge energy, coating microstructure and performance. The alloying electrode material exhibited a heterogeneous microstructure containing WB

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coatingselectrospark alloyinghardnessmicrostructurephase compositionSPSsteelW–Zr–B electrodes

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