Open AccessMorphology and Corrosion Behavior of Zn-Ni Layers Electrodeposited on Low Alloy Carbon Steel Substrate
Author(s) -
Fateh Chouia,
Abdelouahad Chala,
Lakel Abdelghani,
T. Sahraoui
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annales de chimie, science des matériaux/annales de chimie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1958-5934
pISSN - 0151-9107
DOI - 10.18280/acsm.450305
Subject(s) - microstructure , materials science , alloy , electrolyte , corrosion , metallurgy , carbon steel , substrate (aquarium) , scanning electron microscope , phase (matter) , morphology (biology) , nickel , chemical engineering , composite material , chemistry , electrode , oceanography , organic chemistry , biology , engineering , genetics , geology
The aim of this work is to improve the microstructure, the morphology, the mechanical and the corrosion behavior of Zn-Ni layers electrodeposited on low alloy carbon steel. Some factors such as the nickel concentration in the electrolyte, the electrolyte temperature and the current density are studied and optimized. The efficiency of the layers to protect the low alloy carbon steel against corrosion in HCl solution is also studied in this work. The electrodeposited Zn-Ni layers morphologies and microstructure were investigated by Scanning Electronic Microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) respectively. The best deposits of Zn-Ni layers are obtained with 50%-Ni in the electrolyte bath at a temperature of 40°C and a current density of j = 3 A dm-2. The XRD spectrum showed the coexistence of two phases: δ-phase (Ni3Zn22) and γ-phase (Ni5Zn21), and a pyramidal morphology is detected by SEM. The lost mass method results showed that the corrosion rate tacked a steady state between 10 and 50% of Ni, and it increased with the increase of Ni amount in the electrolyte bath.