Nowadays due to water shortage, the use of air humidity as the sustainable solution has been considered by cities located in coastal zones; especially in warm and humid climate. However, the use of air humidity also has its own problems such as corrosion of metal parts in photovoltaic cells that used for energy supplying and they are often made of Aluminum alloy. Therefore different methods suc...

PURPOSE Although several surface treatments have been recently investigated both under in vitro and in vivo conditions, controversy still exists regarding the selection of the most appropriate zirconia surface pre-treatment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of alumina (Al) and aluminium nitride (AlN) coating on the shear bond strength of adhesive resin cement to zirconia cor...

the direct synthesis of polyaniline-tio2 nanocomposite coatings on aluminum alloy 3004 (aa3004) surface has been investigated by using the galvanostatic method. the synthesized coatings were characterized by ft-ir, sem-edx, sem and afm. optical absorption spectroscopy reveals the formation of the emeraldine oxidation state form of polyaniline-tio2 nanocomposite. the corrosion performances of po...

Cold-spraying of 1100 Al powder particles onto 1100 Al substrate was accomplished using carrier gases 100 vol.% He and a mixture of He–20 vol.% N2. TEM characterization correlates very well the occurrence of dislocations, presence of oxide, and surface instability phenomenon with observed mechanical and corrosion properties of the cold-sprayed coating. 2005 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Els...

In order to prevent corrosion, aluminum nanoparticles were coated with a polyurethane polymer. The coverage of the polyurethane polymer was controlled from 0 to 100%, which changed the corrosion rate of the nanoparticles quantitatively. The surface of the polymer coating was investigated by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), and the corrosion resistance of...

Thin alumina films have found applications in electronic circuits and cutting tools and have been recently explored as protective coatings against high temperature oxidation, but these studies have been relatively rare. In this study, amorphous alumina films 3.5 pm thick were produced by reactive sputtering on Co-30Cr-6Al-0.5Y coatings, using a pure aluminum target in Ar + 0 2 atmosphere. Isoth...

plasma electrolytic oxidation (peo) is the new, environmentally and cost-effective method for coating the metals. this method vastly has been studied for coating aluminum, titanium and magnesium and their alloys and recently for steel. in present study, ck45 steel samples were coated by peo method in order to improve corrosion resistance. during this process specimens were immerged in carbonate...

For aluminum alloys, anodizing is a common electrochemical surface treatment to allow for protection against corrosion and wear. The produced conversion layers are first sealed in industrial processes further enhance the by closing coating pores. In their lifetime, anodized components often undergo cyclic loadings. However, despite relevance of sealing treatment, there lack systematic studies r...

The main goal of this paper is to demonstrate that photothermal method is an effective tool for detection of geometrical and structural non-uniformities within optically non-opaque, light scattering, planar multilayer structures. The investigated objects were plates of glass coated with silica, cellulose, aluminum oxide, polyamide or octadecylsilane. The thickness of coating ranged from 100 to ...

Removing lead from gasoline has resulted in decreases in blood lead levels in most of the world, but blood lead levels remain elevated in low and middle-income countries compared to more developed countries. Several reasons for this difference have been investigated, but few studies have examined the potential contribution from locally-made aluminum cookware. In a previous study of cookware fro...