ABSTRACT
In the majority of engineering and home applications, stainless steel is one of the top contenders. It is appropriate for these applications due to its notable resistance to erosion and corrosion and strong strength. However, using the material in hostile environments leads to significant degradation and subsequently degrades the surface, making the material unsuitable for its intended function. We modify the surface of the candidate material in response to the aforementioned difficulty. In the current study, functional grade stainless steel is heated using the microwave hybrid heating (MHH) approach to create a wear- and erosion-resistant MoCoCrSi/fly ash composite cladding. Due to fractional dilution of the clad powder and substrate at their contact, clad develops on the substrate’s surface. Excellent metallurgical connection between the produced clad and substrate is seen, which results in better hardness of cladding compared to substrate.
