Tribological and radiation shielding response of novel titanium-boron nitride coatings for lunar structural components

Abhijith Kunneparambil Sukumaran; Cheng Zhang; Sara Rengifo; Michael Renfro; Gia Garino; William Scott; Matthew Mazurkivich; Annette Gray; Gabriel Demengehi; Ellen Rabenberg; Martin Volz; Malik Thompson; Brandon Phillips; Nathan Jimenez; Felipe Mora; Calista Lum; Katie Stephens; Sang Hyon Chu; Cheol Park; Arvind Agarwal

doi:10.1016/j.surfcoat.2023.130300

Tribological and radiation shielding response of novel titanium-boron nitride coatings for lunar structural components

Abhijith Kunneparambil Sukumaran, Cheng Zhang, Sara Rengifo, Michael Renfro, Gia Garino, William Scott, Matthew Mazurkivich, Annette Gray, Gabriel Demengehi, Ellen Rabenberg, Martin Volz, Malik Thompson, Brandon Phillips, Nathan Jimenez, Felipe Mora, Calista Lum, Katie Stephens, Sang Hyon Chu, Cheol Park, Arvind Agarwal

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Abstract

Aluminum (Al) and titanium (Ti) lightweight alloys play a crucial role in space systems due to their exceptional strength-to-weight ratio. However, their premature failure in the presence of lunar regolith and their lack of neutron shielding ability are significant challenges. To address these issues, we have developed air and vacuum plasma-sprayed hBN (hexagonal Boron Nitride) -reinforced titanium coatings with 2 and 10 vol% of hBN. Tribological studies conducted with JSC-1 A lunar regolith simulant revealed a 90 % reduction in wear volume for the Ti/2 vol% hBN coatings compared to conventional materials due to the synergistic action of harder secondary phases and solid lubrication effect of hBN. Additionally, a 27 % enhancement in radiation shielding is obtained based on the mass absorption coefficient (radiation absorbed per sample density and thickness) for VPS Ti/2 vol% hBN coatings.

Original language	English
Article number	130300
Journal	Surface and Coatings Technology
Volume	476
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2023.130300
State	Published - Jan 30 2024

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The authors gratefully acknowledge support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through the 80MSFC21P0018 grant. The usage of facilities at the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute (AMERI) is recognized for the research reported in this study.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration	80MSFC21P0018
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Keywords

Boron nitride
Lunar simulant
Radiation shielding
Wear

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Chemistry
Condensed Matter Physics
Surfaces and Interfaces
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Materials Chemistry

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Sukumaran, A. K., Zhang, C., Rengifo, S., Renfro, M., Garino, G., Scott, W., Mazurkivich, M., Gray, A., Demengehi, G., Rabenberg, E., Volz, M., Thompson, M., Phillips, B., Jimenez, N., Mora, F., Lum, C., Stephens, K., Chu, S. H., Park, C., & Agarwal, A. (2024). Tribological and radiation shielding response of novel titanium-boron nitride coatings for lunar structural components. Surface and Coatings Technology, 476, Article 130300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2023.130300

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