New insight into the loss of adhesion of ZnMg-Zn bi-layered coatings on steel substrates

Autor: Edzo Zoestbergen, R. J. Westerwaal, S. Sabooni, J.Th.M. De Hosson, Emad Galinmoghaddam, Huatang Cao, Yutao Pei
Přispěvatelé: Advanced Production Engineering
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Surface & Coatings Technology, 370, 35-43. Elsevier Science
ISSN: 0257-8972
Popis: In this research, physically vapor deposited Mg Zn and ZnMg Zn bi-layered coatings were annealed at 180 °C for different annealing times to study the origin of the adhesion loss during heat treatment. In the case of Mg Zn bi-layered coatings, it was observed that MgZn2 and Mg2Zn11 intermetallics are formed during annealing from Zn and Mg by diffusion, which results in a reduction of the thickness of the initial pure zinc interlayer. In the case of ZnMg Zn bi-layered coating, the “interfacial adhesion strength” at the ZnMg/Zn interface was quantified by using scratch test. The novel finding is that the adhesion strength of as-deposited coatings at the interface of ZnMg/Zn is independent of the thickness of the zinc interlayer (tZn). tZn decreases gradually during annealing at 180 °C. The “adhesion performance” of the studied coatings, as tested by BMW crash adhesion test (BMW AA-M223), drops drastically when tZn is less than a threshold (~ 500 nm). The obtained results indicate that tZn plays the significant role in the adhesion performance of ZnMg Zn bi-layered coatings.
Databáze: OpenAIRE