Effect of the electrode position conditions on the morphology and corrosion behavior of Ni-Co alloys part 2: Phase composition and corrosion behavior of Ni-Co alloys, electrodeposited from citrate electrolyte
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2016-01-01
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The changes in the phase composition (through X-Ray analysis) and the corrosion behaviors (through potentiodynamic polarization studies in 4 % NaCl) of Ni-Co alloys, electrodeposited from a citrate electrolyte by changing the Ni/Coratio, content of organic additive (saccharine) and the content of sodium citrate in the solution, are studied. It is found that the increase of Ni/Co ratio from 1 to 5 increases the content of Ni in the Ni-Co alloy to 48 mass %. The proportion between the phases of Co and Ni with cubic face-centered crystal lattice is in approximate compliance with the proportion of the two metals in the alloy. The peaks in the difractograms are weak and stretched, which corresponds to the nano-sized structure of the alloy. The Ni-Co alloys with highest content of Ni have a higher corrosion resistance compared to those containing a higher percentage of Co. It is also shown that the Ni-Co coatings obtained in the presence of addition of saccharine show a much higher corrosion resistance than the coatings obtained in absence of additive. Ni-Co alloys, deposited from electrolyte with more sodium citrate show only a slight growth of Ni content and the effect of sodium citrate on corrosion behaviors of the alloy is insignificant.