Evaluate Mechanical Behaviour of Alumina Coated Steel Alloy Using Slow Strain Rates Test

Abstract

This investigation is concerned with the mechanical property enhancement of the steel alloy by deposition of alumina coating using dip coating method. Alumina coatings were deposited using oxime-modified aluminum(III) isopropoxide as a sol–gel precursor. The Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of the coated samples suggest deposition of uniform alumina coatings and alumina composition over steel alloy. The mechanical property of the bare, dip coated steel alloy samples were investigated by the slow strain rate test (SSRT). The SSRT indicates that dip coated steel alloy shows higher ultimate tensile strength as compare to the bare samples.