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- Title
SCRATCH ADHESION EVALUATION OF ELECTROLESS NICKEL PLATING ON Mg AND Mg ALLOYS.
- Authors
ZHENMIN LIU; WEI GAO
- Abstract
Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys are being used as structural components in industry because of their high strength-to-weight ratio and relatively high stiffness. A shortcoming of Mg based alloys is their poor corrosion and wear resistance. Therefore, coatings or surface treatment are needed for protection purpose. This paper reports our work on electroless plating of Ni-P on Mg alloys. Pure Mg, AZ31 and AZ91 Mg alloys were used as the substrates to investigate friction and adhesion properties of the electroless Ni-P coatings. The maximum friction coefficient (~0.3) was found on the electroless nickel coating of pure Mg substrate. The adhesion strengths of the coatings on AZ31 and AZ91 Mg alloys are higher than that on pure Mg. The critical load (a measure of adhesion strength) of AZ31 reached 13.1 N.
- Subjects
MAGNESIUM alloys; ELECTROLESS plating; MAGNESIUM plates; METAL coating; ELECTROSTATIC adhesion; COATING processes; METALLIC composites; FRICTION
- Publication
International Journal of Modern Physics B: Condensed Matter Physics; Statistical Physics; Applied Physics, 2006, Vol 20, Issue 25-27, p4637
- ISSN
0217-9792
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S0217979206041811