Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1639985 Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China 2008 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

Poor corrosion resistance limits the application of magnesium alloys. Conversion coating is widely used to protect magnesium alloys because of easy operation and low cost. A novel conversion coating on die-cast AZ91D magnesium alloy containing barium salts was studied. The optimum concentrations of Ba(NO3)2, Mn(NO3)2 and NH4H2PO4 are 25 g/L, 15 mL/L and 20 g/L, respectively, based on orthogonal test results. The treating time, solution temperature and pH value are settled to be 5–30 min, 50–70 °C and 2.35–3.0, respectively. The corrosion resistance of barium conversion coating is better than that of manganese-based phosphate conversion coating by immersion test. The coating is composed of Ba, P, O, Mg, Zn, Mn and Al by EDX analysis.

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