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Electrochemical Impedance Studies on Tribocorrosion Behavior of Plasma-Sprayed Al2O3 Coatings

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In this paper, the tribocorrosion of plasma-sprayed Al2O3 coatings in simulated seawater was investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) technique, complemented by scanning electron microscopy to observe the morphology of the tribocorrosion attack. Base on EIS of plasma-sprayed Al2O3 coatings undergoing long-time immersion in simulated seawater, the corrosion process of Al2O3 coatings can be divided into the earlier stage of immersion (up to 20 h) and the later stage (beyond 20 h). Then, the wear tests were carried out on the surface of Al2O3 coating undergoing different times of immersion to investigate the influence of wear on corrosion at different stages. The coexistence of wear and corrosion condition had been created by a boron nitride grinding head rotating on the surface of coatings corroded in simulated seawater. The measured EIS and the values of the fitting circuit elements showed that wear accelerated corrosion at the later stage, meanwhile, corrosion accelerated wear with the immersion time increasing.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial supports of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51102074, 51272065, 51372065 and 51402083), the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (E2012202042 and E2014202096), the Key Laboratory of Inorganic Coating Materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KLICM-2013); the Key Foundation for Science and Technology Research of Universities in Hebei Province, China (ZD20131018) and Outstanding Youth Fund for Science and Technology Research of Universities in Hebei Province, China (Y2012003 and YQ2014001); Science and Technology Program of Hebei Province, China (13211029).

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    Zhe Liu, Zhenhua Chu, Xueguang Chen, Yanchun Dong, Yong Yang, Yingzhen Li & Dianran Yan

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Liu, Z., Chu, Z., Chen, X. et al. Electrochemical Impedance Studies on Tribocorrosion Behavior of Plasma-Sprayed Al2O3 Coatings. J Therm Spray Tech 24, 878–884 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-015-0234-2

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