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Incorporation of nano/micron-SiC particles in Ni-based composite coatings towards enhanced mechanical and anti-corrosion properties

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Ni-based composite coatings incorporated with nano/micron SiC particles were fabricated via electrochemical co-deposition in Watts bath, followed by the evaluation of their mechanical and anti-corrosion properties. The micrographic observations suggest that the SiC particles with various sizes can be well incorporated to the Ni substrate. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns indicate that SiC particles with smaller sizes could weaken the preferential growth of Ni along (200) facet. In addition, it is found that the incorporated SiC particles with medium micron sizes (8 and 1.5 µm) could significantly enhance the micro-hardness of the Ni composite coatings. Nevertheless, electrochemical measurements demonstrate that micron-sized SiC particles would weaken the corrosion resistance of Ni composite coatings ascribed to the structure defects induced. In contrast, the combined incorporation of nanosized (50 nm) SiC particles with medium micron (1.5 µm) ones is capable of promoting the compactness of the composite coatings, which is beneficial to the long-term corrosion resistance with negligible micro-hardness loss.

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This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51901018 and 51771027), National Science and Technology Resources Investigation Program of China (No. 2019FY101400), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Nos. FRF-MP-19-001 and FRF-AT-20-07), National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2017YFB0702100), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2019M660456), and Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by China Association for Science and Technology (YESS, No. 2019QNRC001).

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  1. Institute for advanced materials and technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Bowei Zhang, Qiao Zhang, Zhan Zhang, Kui Xiao & Junsheng Wu

  2. National Materials Corrosion and Protection Data Center, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Bowei Zhang, Zhan Zhang, Kui Xiao & Junsheng Wu

  3. Key Laboratory of Space Lauching Site Reliability Technology, Haikou, 571000, China

    Qiong Yao

  4. Department of Materials Application Research, China Aviation Manufacturing Technology Institute, Beijing, 100024, China

    Guojia Ma & Gang Sun

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Zhang, B., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Z. et al. Incorporation of nano/micron-SiC particles in Ni-based composite coatings towards enhanced mechanical and anti-corrosion properties. Int J Miner Metall Mater 29, 153–160 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-021-2307-1

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