AM50镁合金表面含氧化锆的微弧氧化复合涂层的形成过程(英文期刊).pdfVIP

Formation process of composite plasma electrolytic oxidation coating containing zirconium oxides on AM50 magnesium alloy LIU Feng, SHAN Da-yong, SONG Ying-wei, HAN En-hou State Key Laboratory for Corrosion and Protection, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China Received 25 September 2010; accepted 20 December 2010 Abstract: The formation processes of a composite ceramic coating on AM50 magnesium alloy prepared by plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) in a K2ZrF6 electrolyte solution were studied by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscope (EDX). Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) tests were used to study the variation of the corrosion resistance of the coating during the PEO treatment. The results show that the coating formed on Mg alloy is mainly composed of MgO and MgF2 when the applied voltage is lower than the sparking voltage, and zirconium oxides start to be deposited on Mg substrate after the potential exceeding the sparking voltage. The corrosion resistance of the coating increases with increasing the applied voltage. Key words: plasma electrolytic oxidation coating; zirconium oxide; MgO; corrosion resistance solution. 1 Introduction Usually, PEO coatings can be prepared by the methods of constant current and constant voltage, and the Magnesium alloys have been widely used in the current electrolytic solutions for obtaining PEO coatings aircraft an