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The Effect of Saccharin Concentration on the Electrochemical Behaviour of Electrodeposited Nanocrystalline Cobalt-Iron Coating

Nik Rozlin Nik Masdek, Wan Muhammad Aniq Aiman, Mardziah Che Murad, Zuraidah Salleh and Koay Mei Hyie

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 25, Issue S, March 2017

Keywords: CoFe, corrosion, electrodeposition, nanocrystalline, saccharin

Published on: 05 Dec 2017

In the electrodeposition system, adding saccharin alters the properties of the metal deposits by changing the electrode kinetics of the deposited surface. In this study, nanocrystalline cobalt-iron (CoFe) coating was synthesised using the electrodeposition technique with different saccharin concentrations. The results obtained showed that the coating thickness increased while the grain size decreased from 51 nm to 40 nm when the saccharin concentration increased from 0 to 2 g/L. The nanocrystalline CoFe coating produced with 2 g/L of saccharin concentration resulted in the smallest particle size of 71.22 nm and the highest microhardness of 251.86 HV. From the salt spray test (24 and 48 hours) it was found that the use of saccharin at higher concentration of 2 g/L improves the corrosion resistance of the nanocrystalline CoFe coating significantly due to the change of surface morphology as well as the decrease in grain size.

ISSN 1511-3701

e-ISSN 2231-8542

Article ID

JST-S0170-2016

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