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Microstructural and Mechanical Characterization of Chromium Coating Deposed on Carbon Fibers

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In this work, plain weave carbon fibers fabric T700SC was electrolytically coated with chromium layer. The effect of the bath parameters such as current density and pH on the coating thickness, morphology, and nanoindentation property of the chromium deposited layer was investigated. Modified Hummer’s method was used to improve the low surface polarity of the carbon fibers and make an adherent coating. The results show that the surface morphology of the chromium coating depend on the bath solution. Herein, the results reveal that a fine uniform chromium coating of around 15.4 μm can be achieved at 0.321 A/cm2 and pH = 2.9 for 60 min. Acordingly, a hardness and elastic modulus of 6 GPa and 262 GPa are obtained, respectively.

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Abbreviations

E c * :

Composite reduced elastic modulus (GPa)

E f * :

Film reduced elastic modulus (GPa)

E s * :

Substrate reduced elastic modulus (GPa)

h :

Indenter displacement (nm)

t :

Film thickness (nm)

ψ :

Effective semi-angle of an equivalent conical indenter (°)

α i :

Fitting parameters according to the weight functions

χ :

Fitting parameters according to the weight functions

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  1. Laboratoire Génie des Matériaux, Ecole Militaire Polytechniques, BP17 Bordj El Bahri, Algiers, Algeria

    Seif Eddine Benhammouda, Abdelghani May, Aboubakr Medjahed & Mohamed Dia Eddine Boudiaf

  2. Laboratoire Conception des Systèmes Mécaniques, Ecole Militaire Polytechniques, BP17 Bordj El Bahri, Algiers, Algeria

    Yacine Benabid

  3. Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering (MaTCh), Ghent University, Technologiepark 907, 9052, Zwijnaarde, Belgium

    Wim Van Paepegem

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Benhammouda, S.E., May, A., Benabid, Y. et al. Microstructural and Mechanical Characterization of Chromium Coating Deposed on Carbon Fibers. Trans Indian Inst Met 75, 2683–2690 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-022-02557-x

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