Estudo de Propriedades Químicas e Físicas de Revestimentos de Ni-Mo, Ni-W e Ni-Mo-W

Abstract

The present study aimed to characterise the coatings Ni, Ni-Mo, Ni-W and Ni-Mo-W obtained at 30 mA cm–2 and 60 mA cm–2 from electrolyte containing H3BO3, (NH4)2SO4, CH3(CH2)10CH2OSO3Na, Na3C6H5O7.2H2O, NiSO4.2H2O, Na2MoO4.2H2O, Na2WO4.2H2O in pH 10. The composition of the coatings was obtained by energy dispersive X-ray, with the maximum percentage of Mo and W in the coating being equal to 28 % and 7%, respectively. Results of EDX indicated that deposition control of the W was for activation, whereas the kinetics of electrodeposition Mo was controlled by diffusion. Analisys by scanning electron microscopy showed that the coating obtained were nodular and homogeneous. The coatings obtained at 30 mA cm–2 showed a decrease in the crystallite size of 28.4 nm to 3.2 nm, with increasing Mo + W percentage from 0% to 29%. The coatings obtained at 60 mA cm–2 showed larger crystallite size in coatings with similar composition. Increases from 0% to 26% on percentage of Mo + W caused decrease in crystallite size from 39.3 nm to 4.3 nm. The higher microhardness values were obtained with decreasing crystallite. Corrosion resistance of the coatings was performed by linear potentiodynamic polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in 0.1 mol dm–3 NaCl and 0.1 mol dm–3 H2SO4 solutions. In 0.1 mol dm–3 NaCl solution, it was observed that the increase of the percentage Mo + W from 0 % to 29% shifted the corrosion potential to more negative values, from –0.64 V to –0.79 V. Higher percentage of molybdenium in coatings originated more protective passivation films. In acidic medium, Ni and Ni-W coatings showed dissolution at the analysis carried out by polarization curves, while for the Ni-Mo and Ni-Mo-W coatings passivation currents was observed. Local pH measurements during the polarization curves in neutral medium shown the possibility of formation of oxides and/or hydroxides in the passivation film. Impedance spectra performed, regardless of the corrosive medium, showed two or three time constants corroborating the formation of oxides and/or hydroxides on the surface coatings of Ni-Mo, Ni-Mo and Ni-MoW. Coatings Ni-Mo-W showed better characteristics for corrosion resistance than Ni-W.