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Effect of Different Zirconium Contents on the Corrosion Resistance of ZrO2-TiO2 Film-Coated Stainless Steel

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This work discusses the corrosion resistance of x%zirconia (ZrO2)–x%titania (TiO2) nanocomposite films with different percentages of ZrO2 prepared on stainless steel by dipping the substrates in sol–gel solutions. The phase compositions and microstructures of the films were investigated by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Tafel polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) were employed to investigate the corrosion resistance of the coated steel substrates during immersion in a 5% NaCl solution at room temperature. The results showed that when the percentage of ZrO2 in the sol–gel was relatively low, the film contained cracks, leading to a poor corrosion resistance. When the percentage of ZrO2 was higher, the corrosion resistance of the film was also affected by the sintering temperature; a sintering temperature of 650 °C gave the best protection of the metal surface, and the protection efficiency was 95%.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11462017).

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  1. College of Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot, China

    Aiming Bu, Guojun Ji & Quansheng Liu

  2. Department of Materials, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

    Aiming Bu

  3. Inner Mongolia Engineering Research Center for CO2 Capture and Utilization, Hohhot, China

    Guojun Ji

  4. College of Material Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot, China

    Zhiming Shi

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Bu, A., Ji, G., Liu, Q. et al. Effect of Different Zirconium Contents on the Corrosion Resistance of ZrO2-TiO2 Film-Coated Stainless Steel. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 27, 5321–5328 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-018-3639-5

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