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Wear and Corrosion Properties of 316L-SiC Composite Coating Deposited by Cold Spray on Magnesium Alloy

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In order to improve the wear and corrosion resistance of commonly used magnesium alloys, 316L stainless steel coating and 316L-SiC composite coating have been deposited directly on commercial AZ80 magnesium alloy using cold spraying technology (CS). The microstructure, hardness and bonding strength of as-sprayed coatings were studied. Their tribological properties sliding against Si3N4 and GCr15 steel under unlubricated conditions were evaluated by a ball-on-disk tribometer. Corrosion behaviors of coated samples were also evaluated and compared to that of uncoated magnesium alloy substrate in 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution by electrochemical measurements. Scanning electron microscopy was used to characterize the corresponding wear tracks and corroded surfaces to determine wear and corrosion mechanisms. The results showed that the as-sprayed coatings possessed higher microhardness and more excellent wear resistance than magnesium alloy substrate. Meanwhile, 316L and 316L-SiC coating also reduced the corrosion current density of magnesium alloy and the galvanic corrosion of the substrates was not observed after 200-h neutral salt spray exposure, which demonstrated that corrosion resistance of a magnesium alloy substrate could be greatly improved by cold-sprayed stainless steel-based coatings.

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The authors are grateful to the China postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 2015M581964), Inner Mongolia Natural Science Foundation (2017MS0540) and Ningbo City (2014B82001) for financial support.

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    Jie Chen, Bing Ma, Guang Liu, Hui Song, Lang Cui & Ziyun Zheng

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

    Jie Chen & Jinming Wu

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Chen, J., Ma, B., Liu, G. et al. Wear and Corrosion Properties of 316L-SiC Composite Coating Deposited by Cold Spray on Magnesium Alloy. J Therm Spray Tech 26, 1381–1392 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-017-0583-0

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