Date of Award
2018
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.Sc.
Department
Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering
Keywords
Corrosion prevention; High current density; PEO coating; Porosity; Wear prevention
Supervisor
Nie, Xueyuan
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
Plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) treatments have been used in the aerospace and automotive industries because the coating formed on light metals or alloys has great hardness, high wear, corrosion, and oxidation resistance, and a low friction coefficient that improves lifetime length and provide a higher surface quality. However, the PEO treatments that are presently used for industrial applications require a long period of time to confirm the quality of the coating. For this reason, the present study seeks to increase the current density of PEO treatments to improve their efficiency and explore the performance of the obtained coatings. It was found that for high current density (0.18A/cm2) PEO treatments, smaller ratio, such as 50% and 70%, is beneficial to obtaining a better performance coating. When compared with the coating of a “normal” (current density: 0.09A/cm2) PEO treatment, it had better wear resistance; however, for corrosion resistance, it had a lower performance than the coatings obtained by the “normal” current density PEO treatment which was attributed to the negative influence of porosity increase.
Recommended Citation
Wang, Rui, "High Current Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation Coating Processes for Wear and Corrosion Prevention of Al 2024" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 7405.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/7405