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Corrosion behavior of oxide layer formed on surface of high silicon aluminum alloy by PEO process

고규소 알루미늄 합금의 표면에 PEO 공정에 의하여 형성된 산화물 층의 부식 거동

  • Deok-Yong Park (Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Hanbat National University)
  • 박덕용 (한밭대학교 신소재공학과 )
  • Received : 2023.07.13
  • Accepted : 2023.08.03
  • Published : 2023.08.31
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Abstract

Ceramic oxide layer was formed on the surface of high silicon aluminum alloy by using PEO (plasma electrolytic oxidation) process. The microstructure of the oxide layer was analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and x-ray diffraction patterns (XRD). The high silicon aluminum alloy prior to PEO process consists of Al, Si and Al2Cu phases in XRD analysis, whereas Al2Cu phase selectively disappeared after PEO treatment. Considerable decrease of relative intensity in most of peaks in XRD results of the high silicon aluminum alloy treated by PEO process was observed. It may be attributed to the formation of amorphous phases after PEO treatment. The corrosion behavior of the high silicon aluminum alloy treated by PEO process was investigated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and other electrochemical techniques (i.e., open circuit potential and polarization curve). Electroanalytical studies indicated that the high silicon aluminum alloy treated by PEO process shows greater corrosion resistance than that untreated by PEO process.

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