... via a nucleation-growth mechanism during the laser cladding process. Increasing the amount of Fe–Mo in the reactants led to a decrease of carbide size and an increase of volume fraction of carbides. The coating possessed good cracking resistance when the amount of Fe–Mo was controlled within a range...

... that the extent of the final contact corresponds to that of the initial adhered region and the pressure distribution, and state of stress at the new contact edge are all derived, so that the environment in which cracks nucleate is well described. McColl , I. R. , Ding , J. , and Leen , S. B...