Abstract:
Electrolyte solutions composed of 10 g · L
−1 Na2Sio3,2 g · L
−1 NaOH and
x g · L
−1 Ti
3AlC
2 nanopartides (
x=1,2,4,8) were prepered. In the solution micro-arc oxidation was performed on 6063 alloy. The effects of the mass concentration of Ti
3SiC
2 in the electrolyte solution on the morphology, surface roughness, micro-composition, phase composition and corrosion resistance of the micro-arc oxide layer were studied. The results show that with the increase of the mass concentration of Ti
3SiC
2, the number of pores in the micro-arc oxide layer increased, the micro-cracks expanded gradually, and the density decreased. The phases of micro-arc oxide layers under different concentration of Ti
3SiC
2 mainly consisted of aluminum, α-Al
2O
3, γ-Al
2O
3 and a small amount of Ti
3SiC
2. When the mass concentration of Ti
3SiC
2 was 4 g · L
−1, the surface roughness of the micro-arc oxide layer was the smallest, the self-corrosion potential was the largest, the self-corrosion current density was the smallest, the arc resistance radius was the largest, the phase angle was the highest and closest to 90° at the medium frequency, and the inpedance modulus as the frequency approached 0 was the largest; the corrosion resistance of the micro-arc oxide layer prepared under this condition was the best.