LINS, Mislene Pereira.
Abstract:
The electrodeposition of a simple metal or alloy is currently of great importance in many areas of engineering and technology. Thus, electrochemical techniques to obtain coatings by electrodeposition process are widely studied. By electrodeposition process there can be obtained thin films of metal oxides with very specific properties for specific use. Through the use of electrochemical methods it is possible to evaluate the corrosion related behavior of a metal or its alloy. In this study we investigated the operating parameters of Ni-P-W alloy plating using glycine as a complexing agent. For this study was made an experimental design 23 with central
composite variables studied were current density, the electrolytic bath pH and bath temperature. The Ni-P-W alloy was deposited on copper substrate of total surface area 8 cm2. The composition of the alloy was obtained by using energy dispersive X-ray (EDX). The morphology of the Ni-PW electroplated alloy was obtained by Scanning Electronic Microscopy (SEM). Measurements of
X-ray diffraction and Vickers microhardness were made. The linear potentiodynamic polarization (LPP) corrosion measurements were carried out in NaCl 3.5% in the study of corrosion. Chemical composition analysis showed that the obtained alloys showed high percentages of Ni and P and low of W. The analysis of the obtained alloys shows coatings with homogeneous surface and well defined nodular morphology for deposits with the highest percentage of P. Alloys with a lower percentage of P showed varying sizes of nodules, and a high percentage of cracks. The deposits obtained showed amorphous behavior. The corrosion tests showed that the
coating obtained with current density 70 m/cm2, pH 6.5 and temperature of 63.5 °C showed the best results for the polarization resistance and corrosion current.
