Article: New ceramic processing research study findings have been published by scientists at Changwon National University.

According to recent research from South Korea, "Ceramic coatings have been produced on 6061 Al alloy substrates in a weak alkaline-silicon electrolyte under different AC voltage at 60 Hz combined with a 200 V DC voltage for 5 minutes by a plasma electrolytic oxidation process."

"The surface morphology, composition, structure and microhardness analysis of layers were carried out by an X-ray diffractormetor, optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, an energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer and a microhardness tester. Analysis shows that a two-layer structure coating consist of different states of alpha-Al2O3, beta-Al2O3 and gamma-Al2O3, where Si concentrates ...

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