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Tribological and Corrosion Properties of Coatings Produced by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation on the ZA27 Alloy

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In this paper, a continuous and dense coating was deposited on samples of the ZA27 alloy through the plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) process to improve its wear and corrosion performance. A nontoxic and environmentally friendly inorganic salt, Na2SiO3, is chosen as electrolytes with different concentrations. The effect of the concentration of Na2SiO3 aqueous solutions on the coating performances was investigated. The coatings with 3Al2O3·2SiO2 (mullite), Zn2SiO4 and Al2O3 (either crystal phase or with some amorphous SiO2 phases) were formed by the PEO processes. It was found that the coating thickness increased with the increase in electrolyte concentration. However, the wear and corrosion resistance performance of the coatings did not improve as the coating’s thickness increased. This was due to the fact that the coating produced with electrolytes of 10 g/L has a porous structure with large pore size. Among all the samples, coating produced by 15 g/L Na2SiO3 has the best wear and corrosion resistance, which is attributed to its continuous and dense structure with thickness of about 47 μm.

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This research was supported by Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. LY17E010002.

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  1. School of High Temperature Materials and Magnesium Resources Engineering, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan, 114051, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China

    Guangyin Li & Zhijian Li

  2. College of Engineering, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China

    Yifan Mao & Linlin Wang

  3. Math, Science, and Engineering Division, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL, 61635, USA

    Herbert DaCosta

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Li, G., Mao, Y., Li, Z. et al. Tribological and Corrosion Properties of Coatings Produced by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation on the ZA27 Alloy. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 27, 2298–2305 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-018-3348-0

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