Generation of protective ceramic coatings on magnesium by laser treatment of Al₂O₃/ZrO₂ filled organosilazane

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Horcher, Alexander ; Tangermann-Gerk, Katja ; Krenkel, Walter ; Schmidt, Michael ; Schafföner, Stefan ; Motz, Günter:
Generation of protective ceramic coatings on magnesium by laser treatment of Al₂O₃/ZrO₂ filled organosilazane.
In: Journal of the European Ceramic Society. Vol. 44 (2024) Issue 11 . - pp. 6607-6619.
ISSN 0955-2219
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2024.04.054

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Protective ceramic coatings are frequently the most common solutions for problems like corrosion and wear. Polymer derived ceramics technology is suitable for the preparation of ceramic coatings by pyrolysis in a furnace but requires high temperatures for the ceramization. To overcome this restriction a Nd:YVO₄ laser (λ = 1064 nm) as energy source was used to process a novel ceramic coating system composed of an organosilazane with zirconia and alumina particles specially to protect magnesium. The resulting dense ceramic coating with a thickness up to 20 µm exhibits very good adhesion (25.9 ± 2.7 MPa) to the magnesium substrate, exceptionally high hardness (19.79 ± 1.90 GPa), an outstanding thermal shock stability but also a low coefficient of friction (0.21 ± 0.02) and a very good wear protection towards a SiC counter body. Furthermore, the coating protects the magnesium substrate effectively against corrosion (5 wt aqueous NaCl solution).