Fabrication of Sputtered Ce/La, La/Ce Oxide Bilayers on AA6061 and AA7075 Aluminum Alloys for the Development of Corrosion Protective Coatings


Por: Brachetti-Sibaja S.B., Domínguez-Crespo M.A., Torres-Huerta A.M., Rodil-Posada S.E., López-Oyama A.B., García-Zaleta D.S., Onofre-Bustamante E.

Publicada: 1 jul 2018
Categoría: Materials science (miscellaneous)

Resumen:
This work provides a comparative study on the corrosion protection efficiency of Ce, La films as well as Ce/La and La/Ce oxide bilayered coatings deposited onto AA7075 and AA6061 substrates by the radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering technique. The coating thickness ranged approximately from 12 to 835 nm, which changed with the deposition parameters and substrate composition. The relationship between microstructure, roughness and electrochemical performance is examined. The reactivity and crystallinity of rare earth (RE) films can be tailored by adjusting the sputtering parameters. Sputtered La films with thickness ca. 390 nm and average roughness of 66 nm showed the best corrosion protection properties in chloride medium as determined by potentiodynamic curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The method to obtain RE bilayered coatings, i.e., La/Ce or Ce/La as well as the substrate composition and applied power conditioned their inhibition properties. The RE bilayered coatings displayed better barrier properties than Ce films, which were poorer than those featured by La films.

Filiaciones:
Brachetti-Sibaja S.B.:
 Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Unidad Altamira, km 14.5 Carr. Tampico-Puerto Industrial Altamira, Altamira, Mexico

 TecNM, Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Madero, Ave. Primero de Mayo s/n, Col., Los Mangos, Mexico

Domínguez-Crespo M.A.:
 Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Unidad Altamira, km 14.5 Carr. Tampico-Puerto Industrial Altamira, Altamira, Mexico

Torres-Huerta A.M.:
 Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Unidad Altamira, km 14.5 Carr. Tampico-Puerto Industrial Altamira, Altamira, Mexico

Rodil-Posada S.E.:
 UNAM, Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Circuito Exterior s/n C.U., Coyoacán, Mexico

López-Oyama A.B.:
 Conacyt-Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Unidad Altamira km 14.5 Carr. Tampico-Puerto, Industrial Altamira, Altamira, Mexico

García-Zaleta D.S.:
 Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, División Académica Multidisciplinaria de Jalpa de Méndez, Carr. Estatal Libre VHS-COM. km. 27+000 s/n Ranch, Ribera Alta, Jalpa de Méndez, Tabasco, Mexico

Onofre-Bustamante E.:
 Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Unidad Altamira, km 14.5 Carr. Tampico-Puerto Industrial Altamira, Altamira, Mexico
ISSN: 19961944
Editorial
MDPI AG, POSTFACH, CH-4005 BASEL, SWITZERLAND, Suiza
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 11 Número: 7
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WOS Id: 000442117300065
ID de PubMed: 29966269

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