Wear and corrosion resistance enhancement of chromium surfaces through graphene oxide coating

Doğuş Özkan*, Yaman Erarslan, Cem Kıncal, Oğuzhan Gürlü, M. Barış Yağcı

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Abstract

Corrosion and wear protection of metals are crucial for all industrial applications. Graphene oxide (GO) is a chemically modified form of graphene and is highly promising for corrosion inhibition. Although corrosion protection of metal surfaces by the use of graphene oxide has been well investigated, anti-wear reduction of graphene oxide has not been studied especially under lubricated condition. In this work, Cr coated steel ring was coated with GO by atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition that hasn't been reported in the literature yet. The corrosion resistance of the coatings was evaluated by potentiodynamic polarization, immersion tests and the wear behavior of the coatings was investigated under lubricated conditions. Here we show that GO coated piston rings showed excellent corrosion resistance at extreme corrosive media. Our results also show that GO reacts with ZDDP and forms tribofilm that provides additional wear resistance to the ring, which resulted in very effective wear protection because of no wear scar observation on the ring surface.

Original languageEnglish
Article number125595
JournalSurface and Coatings Technology
Volume391
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2020

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Funding

Raman and SEM/EDX analyses were carried out in Koç University Surface Science and Technology Center (KUYTAM), İstanbul, Turkey. The authors would like to thank Dr. Batuhan Gündoğdu from National Defense University, Turkish Naval Academy for post-processing code generation of friction force signals. This research was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Project number with grant number: 114F036). Raman and SEM/EDX analyses were carried out in Koç University Surface Science and Technology Center (KUYTAM), İstanbul, Turkey. The authors would like to thank Dr. Batuhan Gündoğdu from National Defense University, Turkish Naval Academy for post-processing code generation of friction force signals. This research was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Project number with grant number: 114F036 ).

FundersFunder number
Turkish Naval Academy
National Defense University
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu114F036

    Keywords

    • Boundary lubrication condition
    • Corrosion rate
    • Graphene oxide
    • Piston rings
    • Raman analysis
    • The coefficient of friction

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