Effect of Nano-crystalline Ceramic Coats Produced by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation on Corrosion Behavior of AA5083 Aluminum Alloy

Journal Article · Mon Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3504277· OSTI ID:21454838

Thayananth, T; Muthupandi, V ^[1]; Rao, S R. Koteswara ^[2]

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1. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli-620015 (India)
2. Principal, Tagore Engineering College, Chennai-600048 (India)

High specific strength offered by aluminum and magnesium alloys makes them desirable in modern transportation industries. Often the restrictions imposed on the usage of these alloys are due to their poor tribological and corrosion properties. However, their corrosion properties can be further enhanced by synthesizing ceramic coating on the substrate through Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) process. In this study, nano-crystalline alumina coatings were formed on the surface of AA5083 aluminum alloy test coupons using PEO process in aqueous alkali-silicate electrolyte with and without addition of sodium aluminate. X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies showed that the crystallite size varied between 38 and 46 nm and {alpha}- and {gamma}- alumina were the dominant phases present in the coatings. Corrosion studies by potentiodynamic polarization tests in 3.5% NaCl revealed that the electrolyte composition has an influence on the corrosion resistance of nano-crystalline oxide layer formed.

• OSTI ID: 21454838
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1276, Issue 1; Conference: ICANN-2009: International conference on advanced nanomaterials and nanotechnology, Guwahati, Assam (India), 9-11 Dec 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3504277; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ALUMINIUM
ALUMINIUM ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
CERAMICS
COATINGS
CORROSION
CORROSION PROTECTION
CORROSION RESISTANCE
LAYERS
MAGNESIUM ALLOYS
NANOSTRUCTURES
OXIDATION
POLARIZATION
SODIUM CHLORIDES
SUBSTRATES
SURFACES
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
COHERENT SCATTERING
DIFFRACTION
ELEMENTS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
METALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SCATTERING
SODIUM COMPOUNDS