The computer simulations are powerful tools to understand and determine properties and behaviour for a broad range of materials and diverse applications, going to different time and length scales. In the applied computational chemistry group at IFAM the computer simulations have been successfully applied to support the experiments and develop coatings with improved functionalities. The computat...

Abstract Medical implants manufactured using biomaterial Ti-6Al-4V exhibit some disadvantages. Its higher elastic modulus than that of natural bone can cause stress shielding problems. This be avoided with pores in the implant structure. However, poor corrosion and tribocorrosion behaviors are yielded because large area exposed to medium. To mitigate both issues, coating technologies applied. T...

The corrosion rate of steel plate using single-factor, multifactor, and complex water systems was investigated via refinery wastewater effluents used as circulating cooling water. The results show that the primary corrosion factors of steel depend on the characteristics of the ions, the formation of the oxidized coating, the diffusion of dissolved oxygen, and other complex factors, although ion...

In this article, the effect of potassium on structure and anticorrosion properties of zinc phosphate pigments has been investigated. The co-precipitation method was selected as synthesis method of potassium zinc phosphate pigment. Then the synthesized pigment was characterized by x-ray diffraction XRD, Fourier transform infrared FTIR and Raman spectroscopy. Morphology of the powders was investi...