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TRANSACTIONS OF NONFERROUS METALS SOCIETY OF CHINA
Volume 31, Issue 8, Pages 2287-2306Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(21)65655-8
Keywords
AZ31 magnesium alloy; magnetron sputtering; plasma electrolytic oxidation; dry sliding wear; corrosion
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51671084]
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The wear and corrosion resistance of AZ31 magnesium alloy was significantly improved by applying a magnetron-sputtered Al layer and plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) treatment, forming a duplex layer (PEO/Al). The aluminate coating showed better long-term corrosion protection compared to the silicate coating, with corrosion current densities significantly lower than the un-coated alloy.
In order to improve the wear and corrosion resistance of AZ31 magnesium alloy, a magnetron-sputtered Al layer with a thickness of 11 mu m was firstly applied on the alloy, and then treated by plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) in an aluminate and silicate electrolytes, respectively. The performance of PEO coatings was investigated by dry sliding wear and electrochemical corrosion tests. The aluminate coating exhibits excellent wear resistance under both 10 and 20 N loads. The silicate coating only shows low wear rate under 10 N, but it was destroyed under 20 N. Corrosion tests show that the Al layer after magnetron sputtering treatment alone cannot afford good protection to the Mg substrate. However, the duplex layer of PEO/Al can significantly improve the corrosion resistance of AZ31 alloy. Electrochemical tests show that the aluminate and silicate coatings have corrosion current densities of similar to 1.6x10(-6) and similar to 1.1x10(-6) A/cm(2), respectively, which are two orders lower than that of the un-coated AZ31 alloy. However, immersion tests and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) show that the aluminate coating exhibits better long-term corrosion protection than silicate coating.
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