본 연구에서는 ALBC3 합금에 Ni기 자용성 합금으로 내마모성 및 내캐비테이션 특성을 향상시키기 위하여 용사코팅 후 열처리를 실시하여 캐비테이션 특성을 평가하였다. 본 연구 결과, 자용성 합금 코팅층이 높은 경도를 나타내어 내마모성이 우수할 것으로 판단되나, 다공질의 조직으로 인해 열악한 내캐비테이션 특성을 나타냈다. 따라서 열처리 조건의 최적화가 중요하며, 본 조건에서는 열처리온도를 높여 자용성 합금 내 B와 Si의 유동성을 증가시킴으로써 기공이나 결함을 제거하여 특성개선 효과를 기대할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

The Fe-based self-fluxing alloy powders and TiC particles were ball-milled and subsequently compacted and sintered at various temperatures, resulting in the TiC particle-reinforced Fe self-fluxing alloy hybrid composite, and the microstructure and micro-hardness were investigated. The initial Fe-based self-fluxing alloy powders and TiC particles showed the spherical shape with a mean size of approximately 80 and the irregular shape of less than 5 , respectively. After ball-milling at 800 rpm for 5 h, the powder mixture of Fe-based self-fluxing alloy powders and TiC particles formed into the agglomerated powders with the size of approximately 10 that was composed of the nanosized TiC particles and nano-sized alloy particles. The TiC particle-reinforced Fe-based self-fluxing alloy hybrid composite sintered at 1173 K revealed a much denser microstructure and higher micro-hardness than that sintered at 1073 K and 1273 K.