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Effect of Sandblasting, Annealing and Hydrophobic Treatment on the Nano-Mechanical and Corrosion Behaviour of n-TiO2-Coated 316L Stainless Steel


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1 Department of Chemical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
2 King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
 

In this article, the effect of hydrophobic coated and uncoated surfaces on the corrosion resistance, tribological property, and surface morphology and nanomechanical properties is presented. A hierarchical surface (micro/nano) was prepared by ultra shot penning of 316L stainless steel at 20 kHz. Chemical vapour deposition technique was used for deposition of the coating, and coating thickness of 0.5 μm was obtained. A maximum hardness of 6.7 and 6.32 GPa was exhibited by the sandblasted (SB), annealed (SBAT) and coated (SBAT) samples respectively. The beneficial effect of annealing and surface roughness was clearly indicated by the sandblasted, annealed and coated specimens. They showed the highest value of reduced modulus maximum resistance to scratch tests and a high adhesion as indicated by scratch path profiles. The lowest corrosion rates were obtained by SBAT specimens (1.32 mpy) in 3.5 wt% NaCl. After application of 3.5% fluoroalkylsilane (FAS13), the corrosion rate was reduced to 0.04 mpy with no evidence of localized pitting. The water contact angle using DSA-100 system was measured to be 120° for SBAT and 80-90° for the samples.

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Annealing, Chemical Vapour Deposition, Corrosion, Sandblasting, Super Hydrophobicity.
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Authors

Zaki Ahmad
Department of Chemical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Faheemuddin Patel
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Naila Riaz Mastoi
Department of Chemical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Ayesha Saddiqa
Department of Chemical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract


In this article, the effect of hydrophobic coated and uncoated surfaces on the corrosion resistance, tribological property, and surface morphology and nanomechanical properties is presented. A hierarchical surface (micro/nano) was prepared by ultra shot penning of 316L stainless steel at 20 kHz. Chemical vapour deposition technique was used for deposition of the coating, and coating thickness of 0.5 μm was obtained. A maximum hardness of 6.7 and 6.32 GPa was exhibited by the sandblasted (SB), annealed (SBAT) and coated (SBAT) samples respectively. The beneficial effect of annealing and surface roughness was clearly indicated by the sandblasted, annealed and coated specimens. They showed the highest value of reduced modulus maximum resistance to scratch tests and a high adhesion as indicated by scratch path profiles. The lowest corrosion rates were obtained by SBAT specimens (1.32 mpy) in 3.5 wt% NaCl. After application of 3.5% fluoroalkylsilane (FAS13), the corrosion rate was reduced to 0.04 mpy with no evidence of localized pitting. The water contact angle using DSA-100 system was measured to be 120° for SBAT and 80-90° for the samples.

Keywords


Annealing, Chemical Vapour Deposition, Corrosion, Sandblasting, Super Hydrophobicity.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv110%2Fi3%2F353-362