A Comparative Study on the Corrosion Behaviour of Gas Nitrided and TiAlN Coated AISI D2 Steel by Thermo-Reactive Diffusion Technique |
| O. Cegila, U. Senb and S. Senb
aDepartment of Metal Education, Institute of Arts and Sciences, Sakarya University, 54187 Sakarya, Turkey bDepartment of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Sakarya University, 54187 Sakarya, Turkey |
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| In this study, the corrosion behaviors of nitride and titanium aluminum nitride (TiAlN) layers deposited on AISI D2 steel samples are reported. Steel was at first nitrided in a nitrogen and ammonia atmosphere at 575°C for 8 h and then titanium nitride coating treatment was performed in the powder mixture consisting of ferro-titanium, aluminum, ammonium chloride and alumina at 1000°C for 2 h by thermo-reactive diffusion technique. Phase analysis and corrosion tests were realized on the titanium aluminum nitride coated steel. The corrosion properties of uncoated and coated samples were characterized by potentiostatic polarization test. The tests were conducted using a three-electrode system test unit with a platinum counter electrode of 2.269 cm2 and an Ag/AgCl, 3 M KCl electrode as the reference electrode. Nitrided and TiAlN coated steel specimens exhibited higher corrosion resistance than uncoated steel in 0.5 M H2SO4 solution. Conclusively, the application of nitride and TiAlN films on AISI D2 steel increased surface hardness and corrosion resistance. TiAlN coating exhibits the highest corrosion resistance. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.123.265 PACS numbers: 81.05.Je, 81.65.Kn |