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Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection  2020, Vol. 40 Issue (5): 439-447    DOI: 10.11902/1005.4537.2019.261
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Effect of Current Density on Microstructure, Wear and Corrosion Resistance of Electrodeposited Ni-Co-B Coating
LI Congwei1, DU Shuangming1, ZENG Zhilin2, LIU Eryong1(), WANG Feihu1, MA Fuliang2
1 School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710054, China
2 School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710029, China
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Abstract  

Ni-Co-B coating is prepared on Cu-sheet using electro-deposition method. The effect of current density on the microstructure, hardness, wear resistance and corrosion resistance of the coating is examined by means of SEM, EDS, ICP-MS, microhardness tester, friction and wear tester and electrochemical workstation. The results demonstrate that, as the current density gradually increased from 1 A/dm2 to 7 A/dm2, the prepared coatings consist of a single face-centered cubic phase with Ni (111) preferred orientation, while the grain size decreases first and then increases. Furthermore, when coatings were made with the increasing current density within the range 1~7 A/dm2, they present the following features: the content of Co and B gradually decreased; the thickness increased from 17.6 μm to 50.1 μm; the hardness increased from 780 HV100 g to 852 HV100 g; the free corrosion potential shifts positively in 3.5%NaCl solution, and among others, the one prepared with 5 A/dm2, presents the smallest corrosion current density. By dry wear test in air, the friction coefficient and wear mass loss decreases first and then increases, whilst with the increasing applied load, their friction coefficient decreases but the wear mass loss increases, and the wear mechanism is mainly abrasive wear and fatigue wear. Accordingly, in 3.5%NaCl solution, their friction coefficient and wear mass loss decreases first and then increases and the increase of applied load results in that the friction coefficient increases first and then decreases but the wear mass loss increases, and the wear mechanism is mainly abrasive wear. The research shows that the increased current density is helpful to improve the microstructure, as well as enhance the hardness, abrasion resistance and corrosion resistance of the Ni-Co-B coating, which provides a reference for the development of alternative chromium plating technology.

Key words:  Ni-Co-B coating      current density      microstructure      corrosion resistance      wear resistance     
Received:  16 December 2019     
ZTFLH:  TG172  
Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(51705415);Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shanxi(2018JM5072);Laboratory of Marine Materials and Related Technologies, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology, Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences(2018K01)
Corresponding Authors:  LIU Eryong     E-mail:  ley401@163.com

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LI Congwei, DU Shuangming, ZENG Zhilin, LIU Eryong, WANG Feihu, MA Fuliang. Effect of Current Density on Microstructure, Wear and Corrosion Resistance of Electrodeposited Ni-Co-B Coating. Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection, 2020, 40(5): 439-447.

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https://www.jcscp.org/EN/10.11902/1005.4537.2019.261     OR     https://www.jcscp.org/EN/Y2020/V40/I5/439

Fig.1  XRD spectrums of Ni-Co-B coating with different current density
Fig.2  Surface morphologies of electrodeposited Ni-Co-B coatings of 1 A/dm2 (a), 3 A/dm2 (b), 5 A/dm2 (c) and 7 A/dm2 (d)
I / A·dm-2NiCoB
178.8419.951.21
383.4315.770.80
586.7312.620.65
789.659.920.43
Table 1  Chemical compositions of electrodeposited Ni-Co-Balloy coatings (mass fraction / %)
Fig.3  Cross-sectional morphologies of Ni-Co-B coatings electrodeposited at 1 A/dm2 (a), 3 A/dm2 (b), 5 A/dm2 (c) and 7 A/dm2 (d)
Fig.4  Hardness of electrodeposited Ni-Co-B coating with different current density
Fig.5  Polarization curves of Ni-Co-B coatings with different current density
I / A·dm-2Icorr / A·cm-2Ecorr / V
12.36×10-7-0.28943
32.61×10-6-0.21269
53.08×10-8-0.18325
75.14×10-7-0.23547
Table 2  Polarization curve fitting parameters of Ni-Co-B alloy cladding with different current density
Fig.6  Friction coefficients (a) and wear masses (b) of Ni-Co-B coating under dry friction
Fig.7  Worn surfaces of the coating under dry friction (15 N, 2 Hz) 1 A/dm2 (a), 3 A/dm2 (b), 5 A/dm2 (c) and 7 A/dm2 (d)
Fig.8  EDS analysis of abrasion surface under dry friction at 1 A/dm2 (a), 3 A/dm2 (b), 5 A/dm2 (c) and 7 A/dm2 (d)
Fig.9  Friction coefficients (a) and wear loss (b) of Ni-Co-B coating in 3.5%NaCl
Fig.10  Worn surfaces of Ni-Co-B coating in 3.5%NaCl (15 N, 2 Hz) at 1 A/dm2 (a), 3 A/dm2 (b), 5 A/dm2 (c) and 7 A/dm2 (d)
Fig.11  EDS analysis of worn surface in 3.5%NaCl solution at 1 A/dm2 (a), 3 A/dm2 (b), 5 A/dm2 (c) and 7 A/dm2 (d)
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