Preparation of electrochemically deposited nickel—cobalt nanocomposite coating and research on its corrosion resistance

Abstract

Alloying as a way of improving material properties has really gained a lot of global attention over the past few years. Alloying majorly improves physicochemical, electrochemical, thermal, and mechanical and corrosion resistance of a parent material. In this work, electrodeposition using a sulphamate electrolytic cell under varied concentrations of the secondary phase of cobalt. Characterization of the alloy was achieved using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), optical microscopy (OM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. Corrosion resistance was investigated using potentiometric and impedance tests, reported, and well explained.