Influence of frequency on the structure of zirconium oxide coatings deposited from aqueous electrolytes under microplasma oxidation
- Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science SB RAS, Tomsk, 634055 (Russian Federation)
- (Russian Federation)
The work describes the microplasma oxidation (MPO) of zirconium surface resulting in the formation of zirconium oxide Zr-Al-Nb-O. We have used novel power supply to deposit oxide ceramic coatings by MPO and studied the effect of current density on the phase structure of oxide ceramic coatings. The size of microcracks in the coatings was determined at different frequencies. We have also used EVO50c scanning election microscope with an attachment for elemental analysis to study the morphology and elemental composition of oxide ceramic coating. In addition, we have established the influence of the frequency on the phase composition of the coating: at the frequency of 2500 Hz, the fraction of monoclinic phase was 18%, while the fraction of tetragonal phase amounted to 72%. The oxide ceramic coating produced at 250 Hz contained 38% of monoclinic phase and 62% of tetragonal phase; in addition, it had no buildups and craters.
- OSTI ID:
- 22492530
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1683, Issue 1; Conference: International conference on advanced materials with hierarchical structure for new technologies and reliable structures 2015, Tomsk (Russian Federation), 21-25 Sep 2015; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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