Abstract
Stainless steel is used throughout the world as a structural material. However, it undergoes corrosion damage when exposed to extremely corrosive media, such as the marine environment. An alternative to solve this problem lies in the development of coatings that can withstand extreme conditions but also be easily deposited with inherently corrosion-resistant materials such as silicon carbide (SiC). The present study shows a simple method to produce Al/SiC cermet powders by attrition milling. The resulting cermet powders with a metallic matrix and hemispherical morphology, were employed as fillers in polycarbosilane (PCS) solutions that were sprayed on A304 stainless steel substrates. Al/SiC composite coatings were produced after heating the sprayed suspensions at 700 °C for 1 h in Ar atmosphere. The resulting composite coatings exhibited low surface energies (< 35 mN/m), water contact angles of 53°, and adhesion strength of up to 30 MPa. Finally, corrosion tests were performed in a cyclic corrosion test chamber, showing that these coatings effectively reduced the corrosion rate of stainless steel by 87%, reaching corrosion rate values of 0.007 g/cm2 year.
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The authors would like to acknowledge CONAHCYT for the PhD scholarships awarded to María Fernanda Valerio-Rodríguez.
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M. F. Valerio-Rodríguez: Investigation, formal analysis, methodology, writing- original draft. L. A. González: formal analysis, supervision, writing-review and editing. J. M. Mata-Padilla: investigation, methodology, writing-review and editing. E. Lopez-Honorato: Formal analysis, methodology, project administration, resources, supervision, writing-review & editing. All authors reviewed the manuscript.
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Valerio-Rodríguez, M.F., González, L.A., Mata-Padilla, J.M. et al. Composite coatings from polycarbosilane derived SiC and Al/SiC cermet active fillers as protective barriers against steel corrosion. Silicon (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-024-03115-4
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