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Tribo-corrosion behavior of DLC coated 316L stainless steel under simulated body fluid condition

Marwan Azzi ,  Jerzy A. Szpunar 

McGill University, Department of Metals and Materials Engineering, Canada

Abstract

Tribo-corrosion is defined as the degradation of materials that results from synergy of mechanical and electrochemical processes. A new apparatus was designed and built in order to study tribo-corrosion behavior of materials. This technique use an electrochemical set-up of the three-electrode type for controlling the potential of the surface of a conducting material subjected to rubbing in a tribometer. In this way it is possible to carry out friction and wear tests in electrolytic solution under well-defined electrochemical conditions determined by the applied electrode potential. In this paper, description of this apparatus was presented and the effect of PE-CVD DLC coatings on corrosion and tribo-corrosion behavior of 316L stainless steel under simulated body fluid condition was investigated. Potentiodynamic polarization tests have shown that DLC coated surfaces present higher corrosion potential (Ecorr) and breakdown potential (Eb) than bare surfaces. The charge transfer resistance (Rct) measured using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was also higher for the DLC coated surfaces. Porosity of DLC coated surfaces were shown to be critical for corrosive wear resistance.

 

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Presentation: Oral at E-MRS Fall Meeting 2006, Symposium J, by Jerzy A. Szpunar
See On-line Journal of E-MRS Fall Meeting 2006

Submitted: 2006-07-14 20:00
Revised:   2009-06-07 00:44