The effect of substrate temperature on the critical velocity in microparticle impact bonding

Abstract

A number of nascent coating and micromanufacturing processes involve particles sprayed at a high velocity, which impact a substrate, deform, and adhere. Successful bonding between the particles and the substrate requires impact velocities higher than the so-called critical adhesion velocity. This critical velocity is influenced by the temperature of the substrate, a variable that we isolate in this work by conducting single-particle impacts on a variable-temperature substrate for three systems (Al–Al, Sn–Sn, and Ti–Ti) with particles individually selected within a narrow size distribution. Our results quantitatively connect the increase in substrate temperature to a significant lowering of the critical velocity, which we attribute to the lower dynamic strength of the thermally softened substrate. The data are generally consistent with expectations for bonding being controlled by a hydrodynamic process of jetting upon impact.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jul 05, 2021
Source ID
10.1063/5.0055274

Entities

People

  • Christopher A. Schuh
  • D Veysset
  • Ievgeniia Chaban
  • Keith A. Nelson
  • Yuchen Sun

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Department of Energy

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Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.