Surface Treatments to Improve the Corrosion Resistance of Metals
A special issue of Surfaces (ISSN 2571-9637).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 3403
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Surface treatments have been applied to materials to increase their properties of durability and corrosion resistance since ancient times; one of the first examples dates back to the time of the ancient Egyptians, when the gold plating applied (mechanically) to the sarcophagi was used to preserve their aesthetic characteristics over time, improving the durability of the underlying material. Even if this cannot properly be considered a treatment to improve corrosion resistance (since the substrate in this case was not a metal) it’s still a good example of how a surface treatment could considerably increase some properties (aesthetics and durability) of the substrate. Today the variety of surface treatments applied to metallic materials to improve their corrosion resistance is so wide to offer an almost unlimited number of possibilities; the best known are the coatings, which thanks to the combination of applied material (metallic, ceramic or polymeric), thickness (from few nanometers of the conversion layers to hundreds of microns of thick coatings) and technology used (thermal, chemical, physical or electrochemical) offer a wide range of possibilities. Besides to coatings, diffusion treatments, passivation and surface functionalization are also possible, making the panorama extremely varied.
In this Special Issue, we wish to cover the most recent advances in all these kind of surface treatments developed to improve the corrosion resistance of metals, by hosting a mix of original research articles and short critical reviews.
Dr. Roberto Giovanardi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Corrosion resistance
- Coating
- Surface treatment
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