Metallic glasses(MGs)appear as promising anti-corrosion coating materials due to their microstructural and physicochemical advantages.Herein,we proposed magnetron sputtered NiNb thin film MG coatings(MGCs)with differe...Metallic glasses(MGs)appear as promising anti-corrosion coating materials due to their microstructural and physicochemical advantages.Herein,we proposed magnetron sputtered NiNb thin film MG coatings(MGCs)with different structures and compositions for corrosion protection of 316 stainless steel in an aggressive saline environment.The properties of monolayered Ni_(50)Nb_(50) and Ni_(60)Nb_(40),as well as the multilayered Ni_(50)Nb_(50)/Ni_(60)Nb_(40)(at.%)MGCs,were characterized in terms of morphology and microstructural properties,as well as the anticorrosion behavior.All the NiNb MGCs presented compact structure and the monolayered coatings exhibited preferable adhesion properties in comparison with the multilayered coating.The electrochemical tests and XPS results imply that the monolayered Ni_(50)Nb_(50) MGC with high Nb content resisted corrosion mainly due to the formation of stable passive film that contained abundant Nb_(2)O_(5) species,whereas the Ni_(60)Nb_(40) MGC with high Ni content showed week corrosion protection performance during long-term service due to the dissolution of Ni cations and the devastation of the coating structure.Though with bit worse adhesion and more vulnerable Ni_(60)Nb_(40) layers,the multilayered Ni_(50)Nb_(50)/Ni_(60)Nb_(40) MGC possessed comparable corrosion resistance with the monolayered Ni_(50)Nb_(50) MG coating,which remained stable even after 32 days of exposure.Such performance should be ascribed to the combined eff;ect of the repassivation property for the sub-layers,the hindrance of propagation paths of micro-defects,and the obstruction of corrosive species by interfaces in the multilayered coating.展开更多
基金L.Jiang acknowledges thefinancial support from the Natural Science Foundation of Suzhou University of Science and Technology(No.XKQ2019009)the Basic Research Program of Nantong(No.JC2019085)+3 种基金Z.Q.Chen acknowledgesfinancial support from the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.021314380118)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK20180266)the Basic Research Program of Nantong(No.JC2019083)X.K.Meng acknowledges thefinancial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51771090).
文摘Metallic glasses(MGs)appear as promising anti-corrosion coating materials due to their microstructural and physicochemical advantages.Herein,we proposed magnetron sputtered NiNb thin film MG coatings(MGCs)with different structures and compositions for corrosion protection of 316 stainless steel in an aggressive saline environment.The properties of monolayered Ni_(50)Nb_(50) and Ni_(60)Nb_(40),as well as the multilayered Ni_(50)Nb_(50)/Ni_(60)Nb_(40)(at.%)MGCs,were characterized in terms of morphology and microstructural properties,as well as the anticorrosion behavior.All the NiNb MGCs presented compact structure and the monolayered coatings exhibited preferable adhesion properties in comparison with the multilayered coating.The electrochemical tests and XPS results imply that the monolayered Ni_(50)Nb_(50) MGC with high Nb content resisted corrosion mainly due to the formation of stable passive film that contained abundant Nb_(2)O_(5) species,whereas the Ni_(60)Nb_(40) MGC with high Ni content showed week corrosion protection performance during long-term service due to the dissolution of Ni cations and the devastation of the coating structure.Though with bit worse adhesion and more vulnerable Ni_(60)Nb_(40) layers,the multilayered Ni_(50)Nb_(50)/Ni_(60)Nb_(40) MGC possessed comparable corrosion resistance with the monolayered Ni_(50)Nb_(50) MG coating,which remained stable even after 32 days of exposure.Such performance should be ascribed to the combined eff;ect of the repassivation property for the sub-layers,the hindrance of propagation paths of micro-defects,and the obstruction of corrosive species by interfaces in the multilayered coating.
