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Effect of chromate on the electrochemical behavior of sintered Zn-Al coating in seawater

  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • School of Ocean Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Weihai

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Abstract

To improve the anticorrosion resistance of chromium-free Zn-Al sintered coating, characteristics of chromate on zinc-aluminum-chromium were studied by electrochemical methods. Depth profiles of elements were obtained by glow discharge spectrum (GDS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to analyse the chemical states of main elements in Zn-Al coatings. Corrosion behaviors of steel samples coated with chromium-free Zn-Al and zinc-aluminum-chromium exposed to seawater were investigated by using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurement. Both in open circuit potential and EIS monitoring self-healing phenomena of chromate were obviously observed. The self-healing function endows zinc-aluminum-chromium coating with better anticorrosion performance. Electrochemical analysis show that self-healing action of coatings is missing when replace chromate with molybdate and silane.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5847-5852
Number of pages6
JournalSurface and Coatings Technology
Volume202
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Aug 2008

Keywords

  • Chromium-free
  • Corrosion
  • Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
  • X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
  • Zinc-aluminum-chromium coating

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