Abstract
Amorphous magnetron sputtered SiAlN films have been designed to prevent NaCl attack of Ti alloy substrates in high temperature humid air environments. Uncoated Ti alloys suffer severe degradation after exposure to NaCl deposits in humid air at 700 °C for 100 h, whereas SiAlN coating forms protective scale mainly consisting of sodium silicate in identical conditions. Amorphous sodium silicate exhibits fast Na+ diffusion rate and extremely slow O2- diffusion rate, but degradation of SiAlN takes place in presence of both O2- and Na+ species. Sodium silicate scale provides good protection for SiAlN due to slow diffusion of O2- through sodium silicate.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 110321 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Corrosion Science |
Volume | 203 |
Early online date | 21 Apr 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jul 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:PX would like to acknowledge support from Royal Academy of Engineering and Rolls-Royce for the appointment of Rolls-Royce/Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Advanced Coating Technology.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd
Keywords
- Amorphous SiAlN
- NaCl attack
- Sodium Silicate
- Degradation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering
- General Materials Science