The correlation among deposition parameters, structure and corrosion behaviour of ZnNi/nano-SiC composite coating deposited by pulsed and pulsed reverse current

Official URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00202967.2018.1448520

The present work shows how the parameters of pulsed current (PC) deposition affect structural and morphological characteristics of electrodeposited ZnNi/nano-SiC composite coating and its corrosion properties. In this regard, ZnNi coatings containing SiC nanoparticles were electrodeposited from chloride bath by PC and pulsed reverse current (PRC) methods, and the effect of duty cycle, frequency and reverse current density were studied. With low and high duty cycles the SiC content of the coating was more than the coating deposited by medium duty cycle. Changing the duty cycle affected the coating composition, structure and morphology. Elevation of the pulse frequency increased SiC content of the coating. Application of PRC produced a coating with a complex and dendritic structure. In most of the electrodeposition conditions, in addition to direct effects of PC on coatings characteristics, it was seen that the more SiC was deposited in the coating the less Ni was deposited, and this also affected the corrosion behaviour. The best corrosion resistance behaviour was shown by coatings with more compact structure and less porosity.