Recent Advanced in Coatings on Iron Alloys

Dear Colleagues,

Due to the widespread availability, low production costs and relatively good strength properties, iron-carbon alloys are still the most commonly used construction material. Standard quality steels, cast steel and cast iron under the influence of the atmospheric environment and high temperature are quickly degraded as a result of chemical or electrochemical corrosion processes, which reduces the strength properties of the structure and shortening its service life. An effective way to extend the durability of steel products is to use coatings produced by various methods. The continuous increase in the aggressiveness of the corrosive environment makes it necessary, however, to increase the corrosion resistance of coatings, search for new coating materials, new methods of their production and improvement of the existing coating production technologies, as well as the protection of a new range of products made of special purpose steel, high-strength alloy steels and various types of cast iron alloys.

The scope of this special issue "Recent Advanced in Coatings on Iron Alloys" covers research on the latest developments in the field of coatings production, structural characteristics, research on properties and physicochemical phenomena occurring during the formation of coatings on iron alloys. The main coating technologies include hot dip galvanizing, thermal spraying, electrogalvanizing, organic coatigs, electroless coatings, conversion coatings, as well as PVD and CVD methods and others. The scope of the coatings application includes coatings resistant to electrochemical and high-temperature corrosion, coatings resistant to erosion and tribological wear, as well as coatings for operation in particularly difficult conditions, such as coatings resistant to liquid metals. The production of coatings should refer to iron alloys such as ordinary quality carbon steels, alloy steels, cast steel, various grades of cast iron, but also special-purpose steels, such as reinforcement steel, high-strength steels after heat treatment, etc.

We invite all researchers interested in the technology of producing coatings on iron alloys to present their results related to both experimental and theoretical research.

Dr. Henryk Kania
Dr. Mariola Saternus
Guest Editor

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• coatings
• corrosion resistance
• erosion
• tribological wear
• steel
• cast steel
• cast iron
• hot dip galvanizing
• thermal spraying
• electrogalvanizing
• organic coatings