abstract
We demonstrate that the corrosion resistance of the AA2024-T3 alloy can be maximized with the application of top protective sol-gel hybrid organic-inorganic coatings. Samples combining Ce nanoparticles within the pores of the anodic layer with the top sol-gel coatings were observed to outperform samples featuring only the coating. This research unravels the self-healing capability against corrosion of the sol-gel coating when Ce nanoparticles are present, as well as a good coverage of defective regions within the oxide by the hybrid layer. This research opens a paradigm aiming at maximizing the corrosion resistance for non-ferrous anodized alloys.
keywords
2024-T3 ALUMINUM-ALLOY; TARTARIC-SULFURIC ACID; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; LOCALIZED CORROSION; CONVERSION LAYERS; FILM FORMATION; SILICA SOL; OXIDE; RESISTANCE; BEHAVIOR
subject category
Materials Science; Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
authors
Ramirez, OMP; Kremmer, TM; Marin, JH; da Silva, BP; Starykevich, M; Tunes, MA; Ferreira, MGS; Aoki, IV; Ando, RA; Pogatscher, S; de Melo, HG
Groups
Projects
Collaboratory for Emerging Technologies, CoLab (EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES)
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020)
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDP/50011/2020)
Associated Laboratory CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (LA/P/0006/2020)
acknowledgements
HG de Melo thanks the Sao Paulo Research Foundation-Brazil (FAPESP) Proc. 2018/01096-5 and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development-Brazil (CNPq) Proc. 400895/2014-5 for the financial support to the project. O.M. Prada Ramirez thanks the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel-Brazil (CAPES) Proc. 88887.388129/2019-00 and 88887.716342/2022- 00. B. P. da Silva and I.V. Aoki would like to thank the CNPq - National Council for Scientific and Technological Development-Brazil for the scholarships (grants #140187/2017-0 and 310504/2020-1) . This study was financed in part by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel-Brasil (CAPES) -Finance code 001. M. Starykevich and M.G.S. Ferreira acknowledge the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, UIDB/50011/2020, UIDP/50011/2020 & amp; LA/P/0006/2020, financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC (PIDDAC) . M.A. Tunes acknowledges the support from the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program established at the Los Alamos National Labora- tory under project number 202000689PRD2. The transmission electron microscopy facility used in this work received funding from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) , project known as " 3DnanoAnalytics " under contract number FFG-No. 858040.