Corrosion protection behavior of AZ31 magnesium alloy with cathodic electrophoretic coating pretreated by silane |
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Authors: | Jin Zhang Chaoyun Wu |
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Affiliation: | aSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, PR China |
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Abstract: | As an alternative process to phosphate and chromate conversion coatings, silane pretreatment was used to improve the performance of cathodic electrophoretic coating (E-coat) on AZ31 Mg alloy in this study. The galvanic corrosion behavior of AZ31 Mg alloy with E-coat coupled with Q235 steel was investigated. Compared to bare Mg alloy and Mg alloy with conventional painting, the corrosion properties of the AZ31 Mg alloy pretreated with silane and subsequently E-coated were studied during salt solution immersion and salt spray testing. The surface morphologies of the Mg alloy were examined in detail after immersion in NaCl solution for different times using digital photography and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The corrosion current density of the specimens was characterized by DC polarization tests. It was found that silane pretreatment of AZ31 Mg alloy followed by subsequent E-coat led to much better corrosion protection than that without silane treatment. The silane pretreatment and E-coat delayed the galvanic corrosion of Mg alloy coupled with 235 steel bolts. |
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Keywords: | Galvanic corrosion Magnesium alloy Silane pretreatment Cathodic electrophoretic coating (E-coat) |
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