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Electrochemical Corrosion Behavior of Plasma-Sprayed FeCrNiMoCBSi Amorphous/Nanocrystalline Coatings in Simulated Seawater Medium

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A novel FeCrNiMoCBSi coating was fabricated on F22 marine steel by plasma spraying. The coating microstructure and composition were characterized by scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, x-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The results showed that the coating consisted of amorphous and nanocrystalline phases. Additionally, the corrosion resistance in simulated seawater was evaluated by electrochemical corrosion methods. It was found that the coating exhibited an excellent resistance to pitting corrosion. For long-time immersion tests, the corrosion resistance was gradually decreased with the increasing through-porosity due to the permeation of the corrosive solution into the coating. The coating lost its efficacy through three stages, namely the protection stage, the permeation stage, and the failure stage.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20161482), the Natural Science Foundation of the Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province (No. 16KJA430002), the Qing Lan Project of Jiangsu Province, the Outstanding Scientific and Technological Innovation Team in Colleges and Universities of Jiangsu Province, the Opening Project of Key Laboratory of Materials Preparation and Protection for Harsh Environment (No. 56XCA17006-2), and the Practice Innovation Program for Graduate Students of Jiangsu Province (No. SJZZ16_0292).

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    Baosen Zhang, Qiangsheng Dong, Zhixin Ba, Shuaishuai Zhu, Yujun Han & Zhangzhong Wang

  2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials and Application Technology, Nanjing, 211167, China

    Baosen Zhang, Qiangsheng Dong, Zhixin Ba, Shuaishuai Zhu, Yujun Han & Zhangzhong Wang

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Zhang, B., Dong, Q., Ba, Z. et al. Electrochemical Corrosion Behavior of Plasma-Sprayed FeCrNiMoCBSi Amorphous/Nanocrystalline Coatings in Simulated Seawater Medium. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 27, 6227–6236 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-018-3661-7

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