Eletrodeposição, Caracterização e Estudos de Corrosão de Revestimentos de Ni-Mo e Ni-W

Abstract

The corrosion behavior and mechanical properties of Ni-Mo and Ni-W electrocoatings in NaCl solutions are investigated in this work. A comparative study has been done with the properties of Cr. All electrocoatings were obtained under galvanostatic control at room temperature and were evaluated in terms of composition, microstructure, microhardness, cristalinity and corrosion resistance. The surface morphology was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the chemical composition was determined by energy dispersive X-rays (EDX), the microhardness was measured by the Vickers hardness test and the structure was determined by X-ray diffraction (DRX). The electrochemical corrosion tests were carried out by linear potenciodinamic polarization (PP) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The results showed that Ni-Mo and Ni-W present good corrosion resistance when compared with Cr coatings, and the best were Ni-13Mo and Ni-14W. The layer’s micrographs present homogeneous layers with nodules distributed in the surface and cracks can be observed to Ni-17Mo and Ni-25Mo. Ni-Mo and Ni-W coatings are crystalline exhibiting a face-centred-cubic structure in the solid solution. The microhardness increased with the Mo or W percentage and heat treatments increased the hardness of the coatings, while Cr decreased its hardness with heat treatment.