Comparative Investigation on Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steels Coated with Titanium Nitride, Nitrogen Titanium Carbide and Titanium-Diamond-like Carbon Films
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Abstract
In this study, the corrosion resistance of titanium nitride (TiN), nitrogen titanium carbide (TiCN) and titanium-diamond-like carbon (Ti-DLC) films deposited on 316L stainless steel (SS) were compared via differences in the surface and section-cross morphologies, open circuit potential tests, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and potentiometric tests. The corrosion resistance of the TiCN and Ti-DLC films significantly improved because of the titanium carbide (TiC) crystals that obstruct the corrosive species penetrating the as-deposited film in the electrolyte atmosphere. TiN exhibited the lowest corrosion resistance because of its low thickness and high volume of defects. The Ti-DLC film showed the lowest corrosion current density (approximately 4.577 μA/cm2) and thickness reduction (approximately 0.12 μm) in different electrolytes, particularly those with high Cl− and H+ concentrations, proving to be the most suitable corrosion protection material for 316L SS substrates.
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OpenAlex topics: Metal and Thin Film Mechanics · Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research · Semiconductor materials and devices
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School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
School of Stomatology, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410036, China
Changsha Stomatological Hospital, Changsha 410000, China
School of Microelectronics and Materials Engineering Research Centre for Materials Science and Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou 545006, China
Funding
National Nature Science Foundation of China · the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China · Guangxi Natural Science Foundation
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