Effect of Current Density on Properties of Ni-Cu/Al2O3 Composite Coatings

مهندسی متالورژی و مواد

Article 2, Volume 31, Issue 1 - Serial Number 21, March 2020, Pages 13-26   

Document Type: Original Articles

DOI: 10.22067/ma.v31i1.63325

Authors

Hamed Safaei¹; Morteza Alizadeh^{* 1}; Erfan Salahinejad²

¹Shiraz University of Technology

²K.N. Toosi University of Technology

Abstract

In this research, Ni-Cu/Al2O3 composite coatings were prepared by electrodeposition from a citrate-ammonia bath; and the effect of deposition current density on the microstructure, hardness and electrochemical corrosion behaviors of the coatings was studied. The results showed that the morphology and composition of the coatings are changed with the current density. Also, by increasing the current density, the microhardness of the coatings is enhanced and then decreased; whereas the corrosion resistance of the prepared coatings is progressively decreased.

Keywords

Composite Coatings; Current density; Microstructure; Micro-hardness; Corrosion behavior

Supplementary Files

2-alizade - Revised.pdf

References

1. Baghery, P., Farzam, M., Mousavi, A., and Hosseini, M., "Ni–TiO2 nanocomposite coating with high resistance to corrosion and wear," Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 204, pp. 3804-3810,(2010).

2. Zhang, Y.-h., Ding, G.-f., Cai, Wang, H., and Cai, B., "Electroplating of low stress permalloy for MEMS," Materials characterization, vol. 57, pp. 121-126, (2006).

3. Gül, H., Kılıç, F., Aslan, S., Alp, A., and Akbulut, H., "Characteristics of electro-co-deposited Ni– Al2O3 nano-particle reinforced metal matrix composite (MMC) coatings," Wear, vol. 267, pp. 976- 990, (2009).

4. Rudnik, E., Burzyńska, L., Dolasiński, Ł., and Misiak, M., "Electrodeposition of nickel/SiC composites in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide," Applied Surface Science, vol. 256, pp. 7414-7420, (2010).

5. ZHENG, H., Maozhong, A., and Junfeng, L., "Corrosion behavior of Zn-Ni-Al2O3 composite coating," Rare Metals, vol. 25, pp. 174-178, (2006).

6. Baskaran, I., Narayanan, T. S., and Stephen, A., "Pulsed electrodeposition of nanocrystalline Cu–Ni alloy films and evaluation of their characteristic properties", Materials Letters, vol. 60, pp. 1990- 1995, (2006).

7. Yao, Y., Yao, S., Zhang, L., and Wang, H., "Electrodeposition and mechanical and corrosion resistance properties of Ni–W/SiC nanocomposite coatings", Materials Letters, vol. 61, pp. 67-70, (2007).

8. Saranya, D., Velayutham, D., and Suryanarayanan, V., "Electrodeposition of Ni–Cu alloys from a protic ionic liquid medium-voltammetric and surface morphologic studies", Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol. 734, pp. 70-78, (2014).

9. Lee, H.-K., Lee, H.-Y., and Jeon, J.-M. "Codeposition of micro-and nano-sized SiC particles in the nickel matrix composite coatings obtained by electroplating", Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 201, pp. 4711-4717, (2007).

10. Sarac, U., Öksüzoğlu, R. M., and Baykul, M. C., "Deposition potential dependence of composition,

microstructure, and surface morphology of electrodeposited Ni–Cu alloy films", Journal of Materials

Science: Materials in Electronics, vol. 23, pp. 2110-2116, (2012).

11. Goranova, D., Avdeev, G., and Rashkov, R., "Electrodeposition and characterization of Ni–Cu alloys", Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 240, pp. 204-210, (2014).

12. Beltowska-Lehman, E., Indyka, P., Bigos, A., Szczerba, M., Guspiel, J., Koscielny, H., et al., "Effect of current density on properties of Ni–W nanocomposite coatings reinforced with zirconia particles", Materials Chemistry and Physics, vol. 173, pp. 524-533, (2016)

13. Wang, S., Guo, X., Yang, H., Dai, J., Zhu, R., Gong, J., et al., "Electrodeposition mechanism and characterization of Ni–Cu alloy coatings from a eutectic-based ionic liquid", Applied Surface Science, vol. 288, pp. 530-536, (2014).

14. Sarac, U., and Baykul, M. C., "Morphological and microstructural properties of two-phase Ni–Cu films electrodeposited at different electrolyte temperatures," Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 552, pp. 195-201, (2013).

15. Calleja, P., Esteve, J., Cojocaru, P., Magagnin, L., Valles, E., and Gomez, E., "Developing plating baths for the production of reflective Ni–Cu films", Electrochimica Acta, vol. 62, pp. 381-389, (2012).

16. Guo, C., Zuo, Y., Zhao, X., Zhao, J., and Xiong, J., "The effects of electrodeposition current density on properties of Ni–CNTs composite coatings", Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 202, pp. 3246-3250, (2008).

17. Srinivas, P., Hamann, S., Wambach, M., Kieschnick, M., Ludwig, A., and Dey, S. R., "Development of Ni–Cu Materials Library by Using Combinatorial Pulsed Electrodeposition", Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, vol. 66, pp. 429-432, (2013).

18. Saha, R., and Khan, T., "Effect of applied current on the electrodeposited Ni–Al2O3 composite coatings", Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 205, pp. 890-895, (2010).

19. Tripathi, v, and Singh, V., "Properties of electrodeposited functional Ni–Fe/AlN nanocomposite coatings," Arabian Journal of Chemistry, (2015).

20. Beltowska-Lehman, E., Indyka, P., Bigos, A., Szczerba, M., Guspiel, J., Koscielny, H., et al., "Effect of current density on properties of Ni–W nanocomposite coatings reinforced with zirconia particles", Materials Chemistry and Physics, vol. 173, pp. 524-533, (2016).

21. Gyawali, G., Cho, S. H., and Lee, S. W., "Electrodeposition and characterization of Ni-TiB2 composite coatings", Metals and Materials International, vol. 19, pp. 113-118, (2013).

22. Tamilarasan, T., Rajendran, R., Rajagopal, G., and Sudagar, J., "Effect of surfactants on the coating properties and corrosion behaviour of Ni–P–nano-TiO2 coatings," Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 276, pp. 320-326, (2015).

23. Vazquez-Gomez, L., Cattarin, S., Guerriero, P., and Musiani, M., "Influence of deposition current density on the composition and properties of electrodeposited Ni+RuO2 and Ni+IrO2 composites", Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol. 634, pp. 42-48, (2009).

24. Haciismailoglu, M., and Alper, M., "Effect of electrolyte pH and Cu concentration on microstructure of electrodeposited Ni–Cu alloy films", Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 206, pp. 1430-1438, (2011).

25. Hou, F., Wang, W., and Guo, H., "Effect of the dispersibility of ZrO2 nanoparticles in Ni–ZrO2 electroplated nanocomposite coatings on the mechanical properties of nanocomposite coatings", Applied Surface Science, vol. 252, pp. 3812-3817, (2006).

26. Goldasteh, H., and Rastegari, S., "The influence of pulse plating parameters on structure and properties of Ni–W–TiO2 nanocomposite coatings", Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 259, pp. 393-400, (2014).

27. Pavlatou, E., Stroumbouli, M., Gyftou, P., and Spyrellis, N., "Hardening effect induced by incorporation of SiC particles in nickel electrodeposits", Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, vol. 36, pp. 385-394, (2006).

28. Wang, Y., Zhou, Q., Li, K., Zhong, Q., and Bui, Q. B., "Preparation of Ni–W–SiO2 nanocomposite coating and evaluation of its hardness and corrosion resistance", Ceramics International, vol. 41, pp. 79-84, (2015).

29. Lajevardi, S., and Shahrabi, T., "Effects of pulse electrodeposition parameters on the properties of Ni–TiO2 nanocomposite coatings", Applied Surface Science, vol. 256, pp. 6775-6781,(2010).

30. Allahyarzadeh, M., Aliofkhazraei, M., Rouhaghdam, A. S., and Torabinejad, V., "Electrodeposition of Ni–W–Al2O3 nanocomposite coating with functionally graded microstructure", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol.666, pp. 217-226, (2016).

31. Shakoor, R., Kahraman, R., Waware, U., Wang, Y., and Gao, W., "Properties of electrodeposited Ni– B–Al2O3 composite coatings", Materials & Design, vol. 64, pp. 127-135, (2014).

32. Bakhit, B., Akbari, A., Nasirpouri, F., and Hosseini, M. G., "Corrosion resistance of Ni–Co alloy and Ni–Co/SiC nanocomposite coatings electrodeposited by sediment codeposition technique", Applied Surface Science, vol. 307, pp. 351-359, (2014).

33. Ghosh, S., Dey, G., Dusane, R., and Grover, A., "Improved pitting corrosion behaviour of electrodeposited nanocrystalline Ni–Cu alloys in 3.0 wt.% NaCl solution", Journal of alloys and compounds, vol. 426, pp. 235-243, (2006).

34. Huang, P.-C., Hou, K.-H., Wang, G.-L., Chen, M.-L., and Wang, J.-R., "Corrosion Resistance of the Ni-Mo Alloy Coatings Related to Coating's Electroplating Parameters", International Journal of Electrochemical Science, vol. 10, pp. 4972-4984, (2015).