White bronzes are electrodeposited coatings applied on brass as surface finishes. We report a comparative study on the corrosion resistance in chloride aqueous environment of two white bronzes, a Zn-bearing and a Zn-free. Corrosion tests showed that both materials provide protection to brass, but the Zn-free is more cathodic and performs better in the test environment, following a different corrosion mechanism. We also explored the effect of the coating thickness on the corrosion parameters. We found that the more cathodic OCPs were achieved with coatings exceeding 1 μm, while the 0.5 μm coatings show OCPs closer to the brass substrate.
Electrodeposited white bronzes on brass: Corrosion in 3.5 % sodium chloride solution / Berretti E.; Calisi N.; Capaccioli A.; Capozzoli L.; Hamouda A.M.S.; Giaccherini A.; Giurlani W.; Ienco A.; Martinuzzi S.; Innocenti M.; Waware U.; Virtanen S.; Zangari G.; Ahmed R.; Lavacchi A.. - In: CORROSION SCIENCE. - ISSN 0010-938X. - ELETTRONICO. - 175:(2020), pp. 108898-108898. [10.1016/j.corsci.2020.108898]
Electrodeposited white bronzes on brass: Corrosion in 3.5 % sodium chloride solution
Berretti E.;Calisi N.;Capaccioli A.;Capozzoli L.;Giaccherini A.;Giurlani W.;Ienco A.;Martinuzzi S.;Innocenti M.;Lavacchi A.
2020
Abstract
White bronzes are electrodeposited coatings applied on brass as surface finishes. We report a comparative study on the corrosion resistance in chloride aqueous environment of two white bronzes, a Zn-bearing and a Zn-free. Corrosion tests showed that both materials provide protection to brass, but the Zn-free is more cathodic and performs better in the test environment, following a different corrosion mechanism. We also explored the effect of the coating thickness on the corrosion parameters. We found that the more cathodic OCPs were achieved with coatings exceeding 1 μm, while the 0.5 μm coatings show OCPs closer to the brass substrate.I documenti in FLORE sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.