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Tribological, electrochemical and tribo-electrochemical behaviour of bare and nitrided Ti6Al4V alloy was studied. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction and microhardness profile were used to characterize the nitrided Ti6Al4V. The anticorrosive properties of nitrided Ti6Al4V in phosphate buffer saline solution (PBS), simulating the body environment, were evaluated by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS). Nitriding increased the alloy resistance to corrosion and to dry wear. Resistance to tribocorrosion in PBS at the open circuit potential (OCP) for the nitrided alloy was also significantly increased compared to the bare alloy; nevertheless at an anodic potential this influence became less important

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This work presents new anticorrosive coatings for the AZ31 magnesium alloy, based on hybrid sol-gel films doped with a corrosion inhibitor. The sol-gel coatings were prepared by copolymerization of 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane and zirconium (IV) tetrapropoxide. 8-Hydroxyquinoline (8-HQ) was chosen as a corrosion inhibitor to be incorporated into the sol-gel films at two different stages of synthesis, either before or after hydrolysis of the sol-gel precursors. The effectiveness of 8-HQ for corrosion suppression on AZ31 was verified by Scanning Vibrating Electrode Technique. Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy was used to monitor the evolution of the substrate/film systems in the course of immersion in 0.005 M NaCl. The morphology and the structure of the sol-gel films were characterized with SEM/EDS and TEM techniques. The sol-gel films exhibit good adhesion to the metal substrate and prevent the corrosive attack during 2 weeks under immersion test.Results showed that addition of inhibitor into the sol-gel films enhances the corrosion protection of the magnesium alloy and does not lead to deterioration of the barrier properties of the sol-gel matrix.

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