Conclusion
The method of EAVC of steels used for applying anticorrosion organic coatings increases the microhardness and reduces roughness and the content of surface carbon, which leads to better adhesion of the coatings and, consequently, to a longer service life of the anticorrosion coatings.
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Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel'stvo, No. 9, pp. 43–44, September, 1992.
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Altunin, V.S., Bychkova, T.V. Use of the electric-arc vacuum cleaning method for increasing the corrosion and wear resistance of elements of hydraulic structures. Hydrotechnical Construction 26, 603–605 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01545416
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01545416