The variation of electrical parameters during microarc oxidation(MAO) of aluminium alloys at constant voltage has been studied by means of a laboratory-made data acquisition system. Experimental results show that the variations of the cath odic and anodic current amplitude and effective working current in an electrical loop with the duration of treatment show obviously five stages, and the variati ons of dynamic positive resistance and the rate of change of resistance in coati ngs also show different stages, while the variations of dynamic negative resista nce and the rate of change of resistance with oxidation time are not evident. Du ring the MAO process, the dynamic positive resistance is always not equal to the negative resistance, and the former is generally greater than the latter in gen eral. Scanning electron microscopy analysis shows that the surface morphology of MAO coatings is macro-porous and its variations with treatment time are in ste ps.
Ultra-hard ceramic coatings with microhardness of 42.14GPa have been synthesized on the Al alloy substrate by microarc oxidation (MAO) technique. The effects of anodic current density ja and the ratio of cathodic to anodic current density jc/ja on the mechanical property and phase composition of MAO coatings have been studied by microhardness test and x-ray diffraction, respectively. In addition, the microstructure and corrosion resistance of the coatings were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy and pitting corrosion test, respectively. The results show that the samples prepared at high anodic current density consist mainly of α-Al2O3, while the samples fabricated at low anodic current density are composed almost entirely of γ-Al2O3. Microhardness test shows that these kinds of samples have high hardness, and the microhardness of the coating prepared at ja=15A/dm2 and jc/ja=0.7 is t highest of all coatings prepared. Pitting corrosion test shows that the structure of coatings is strongly influenced by the variation in jc/ja.
The variation of electrical parameters during microarc oxidation (MAO) of titanium alloys at constant voltage has been studied by means of a laboratory-made data acquisition system. Experimental results show that the variation of the cathodic and anodic current amplitudes and effective working current in an electrical loop with the duration of treatment show obviously four stages, and the variation of the coating thickness with the treating time has obviously three stages, and the variations of dynamic forward and backward resistance as well as resistance rate of coatings also show different stages. During MAO process, the dynamic forward resistance is always different from the backward resistance, and the former is generally greater than the latter. Scanning electron microscopy shows that the surface morphology of MAO coatings is porous and varies with treatment time in steps.
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