简介：Inthiswork,SMAT(surfacemechanicalattritiontreatment)wasperformedonTi6Al4V.PlasmanitridingoftheSMATedsampleswasinvestigatedincomparisonwithcoarse-grainedsamples.Thesampleswerecharacterizedusingopticmicroscope,SEM,TEMandVickersmicrohardnesstester.TheresultsshowedthatasignificantlythickercompoundlayerwithhigherhardnesswasobtainedfortheSMATedsampleswhencomparedwithun-SMATedsamplesafternitriding.CorrosionresistanceofTi6Al4VinaRinger’ssolutionwasstudiedbyelectrochemicaltechniquesincludingopencircuitpotentialmeasurement,potentiodynamicpolarizationandEIS(electrochemicalimpedancespectroscopy).Overall,ourresultsidentifiedthebeneficialimpactsoftheduplexSMAT/nitridingtreatmentoncorrosionbehaviourofTi6Al4V.Weartestswerealsoperformedonaball-on-disctribometerwherethetreatedsampleswererubbedagainsta6mmdiameteraluminaballunderanormalloadof5NusingRinger’ssolutionaslubricantmedia.ThefrictioncoefficientoftheSMATedandnitridedsampleswasreducedcomparedtotheuntreatedsamples.WearratesdemonstratedthatSMATcombinedwithnitridingimprovedwearresistanceofTi6Al4Valloy.