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Electroless Ni-P/SiC Nanocomposite Coatings With Small Amounts of SiC Nanoparticles for Superior Corrosion Resistance and Hardness

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The addition of silicon carbide (SiC) nanoparticles into electroless nickel (Ni)-based coatings improves both corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of the resulting Ni-P/SiC nanocomposite coatings, making them potential candidate as protective coatings in aggressive environments. Ni-P/SiC nanocomposite coatings were produced from precursor bath with small SiC loading levels (0.25 or 1.0 g/L) and characterized for morphology, corrosion resistance, and hardness. Microstructural examination using FE-SEM and AFM revealed that incorporation of uniformly dispersed SiC nanoparticles leads to smaller nodule size with fine-grain structure and low surface roughness. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy studies in 4 wt.% NaCl solution showed that the nanocomposite coatings exhibit excellent corrosion resistance, as indicated by high charge-transfer resistance and low double-layer capacitance values of ~137 kΩ cm2 and 19 µF cm−2, respectively. The coatings maintained their structural integrity even after 5 days of saline bath immersion, as there was no cracking in the deposit microstructure besides formation of shallow pits and submicron-sized pores. A two-fold increase in the average hardness value was noticed from 4.5 (pure Ni-P) to 8.5 GPa (Ni-P/SiC coating) which can be ascribed to modified deposit morphology and uniformly dispersed SiC nanoparticles that act as obstacles to plastic deformation.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the technical and financial support of the Research Center of College of Engineering, Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University.

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  1. Center of Excellence for Research in Engineering Materials (CEREM), Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, P. O. Box 800, Riyadh, 11421, Saudi Arabia

    Mohammad Islam, Yasir Khalid, Hany S. Abdo & Mushtaq A. Dar

  2. Chemical Engineering Department, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia

    Muhammad Rizwan Azhar

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P. O. Box 800, Riyadh, 11421, Saudi Arabia

    Rawaiz Khan

  4. Mechanical Design and Materials Department, Faculty of Energy Engineering, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt

    Hany S. Abdo

  5. Institute for Materials Research (IMR), School of Chemical & Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Olamilekan R. Oloyede

  6. Materials and Metallurgical Engineering Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, USA

    T. David Burleigh

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Islam, M., Azhar, M.R., Khalid, Y. et al. Electroless Ni-P/SiC Nanocomposite Coatings With Small Amounts of SiC Nanoparticles for Superior Corrosion Resistance and Hardness. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 24, 4835–4843 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-015-1801-x

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