Investigation of coatings produced by the electrospark machining method of steel 45 with electrodes based on carbides of tungsten and titanium

The article is devoted to the development and investigation of tungsten-containing and tungstenless electrode materials for electrospark alloying using additives of boron-containing minerals, as well as aluminum-oxide nanopowder. The kinetics of the mass transfer process with the electrospark alloying of coatings was investigated. The phase composition, roughness, and kinetics of high-temperature oxidation of coatings were studied. The anticorrosive properties of obtained coatings were studied in 3% NaCl solution by the method of impedance spectroscopy. An improvement of the barrier properties of TiC–Ni–Mo coatings with increasing datolite concentrate was revealed.