Tribological Behavior of Titanium Alloy Treated by Nitriding and Surface Texturing Composite Technology

This study experimentally investigated the effect of surface textures on the tribological mechanism of nitrided titanium alloy (Ti⁻6Al⁻4V). The titanium alloy samples were nitrided at various temperatures ranging from 750 to 950 °C for 10 h in a plasma nitriding furnace. Then, surface textures were fabricated on the polished titanium alloy and plasma nitrided samples by laser process system. The surface roughness, microhardness, and constitution...