Abstract
Due to its low density and high strength, magnesium has increasing potential in the lightweight area, especially as a material for structural components. To address the corrosion problem, which is the main issue with using Mg alloys in the automotive industry, as well as to address wear problems, a new technique that uses an asymmetric potential pulse waveform to form nanocrystalline PEO (plasma electrolytical oxidation) coatings on Mg substrates, especially on sheet Mg plates, is developed in this study.The results of the analysis of PEO coatings on different sheet Mg alloy plates, which are characterized by electrochemical analysis methods including electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and potentiodynamic polarization are presented in this study. Furthermore, the coatings are characterized regarding their morphology and wear resistance, while varying the coating thickness by different processing times. A further improvement of the applied waveform by an on-top modification of the pulse signal leads to higher corrosion resistance as well as to a better performance in the tribological testing.
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