Development of single pendulum impact scratch test for evaluating of thermally sprayed coatings

<正> The adhesion of thermally sprayed coatings is an important subject for engineers applying thermal spray pro-cess.The single pendulum impact scratch test is the most popular method in the tribological inwestigation of modified sur-faces of materials. In this paper,the adhesion of thermally sprayed coatings has been investigated using this testmethod .The key of evaluation for thermally sprayed coatings is the sheer strength of coatings obtained in the test.Theresults show that the test method is reproducible ,reliable and easy to perform,and does not require expensive equip-ment.The procedure proposed in the test method for evaluating the adhesion of coatings is more reliable and realistic thanothers.