Author:
Šekularac Gavrilo,Milošev Ingrid
Abstract
Zirconium conversion coating (ZrCC) was prepared on aluminum-manganese alloy AA3005 by immersion in 200 ppm of H2ZrF6 bath for 10 min at room temperature. Potentiodynamic polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectra were measured up to 10 and 40 days, respectively, in 0.5 M NaCl solution. Microstructural characterization of samples was carried out using scanning electron microscopy equipped with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, focus ion beam microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The coating had a tri-layer structure with a thickness of 200 nm in the proximity of intermetallic particles and 30 nm far from intermetallic particles at the coating matrix. Electrochemical measurements showed that the corrosion resistance of ZrCC on AA3005 was improving during immersion in NaCl solution, i.e., impedance value at low frequency increased with immersion time reaching the average value 8.5 ∙ 106 Ω∙cm2 at 3 mHz after 10 days immersion. Microstructural and compositional characterization showed that this behavior is related to the change in composition and structure of conversion coating including a transformation of ZrF4/ZrOxFy to ZrO2 · 2H2O(s) and formation of Al(OH)3 in the top layer of ZrCC, respectively, accompanied by the change in thickness of individual layers within the coating.
Funder
Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS
Publisher
The Electrochemical Society
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Electrochemistry,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Condensed Matter Physics,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
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