• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.320-321
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 마그네슘 합금의 내식성을 향상시키기 위하여 플라즈마전해산화 (Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation, PEO) 처리를 하였다. PEO 피막 형성 조건으로는 전류밀도, 전해질의 종류 및 합금성분을 변수로 하였으며, 형성된 PEO 피막의 구조, 경도 및 내식성을 평가하여 PEO피막의 특성과 표면 및 단면 구조를 관찰하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.227-232
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• 2012

Magnesium alloy have good physical properties such as good castability, good vibration absorption, high strength/weight ratios. Despite the desirable properties, the poor resistance of Mg alloy impedes their use in many various applications. Therefore, magnesium alloy require surface treatment to improve hardness, corrosion and wear resistance. Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) is one the surface treatment methods to form oxide layer on Mg alloy in alkali electrolyte. In comparison with Anodizing, there is environmental process having higher hardness and faster deposition rate. In this study, the characteristics of oxide film were examined after coating the AZ31 Mg alloy through the PEO process. We changed concentration of sodium aluminate into $K_2ZrF_6$, KF base electrolyte. The morphologies of the coating layer were characterized by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Corrosion resistance also investigated by potentiodynamic polarization analysis. As a result, propertiy of oxide layer were changed by concentration of sodium aluminate. Increasing with concentration of sodium aluminate in electrolyte, the oxidation layer was denser and the pore size was smaller on the surface.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.119-119
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• 2012

경질 Anodizing에 비해 플라즈마 전해산화(Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation, PEO)에 의해 생성된 알루미늄 피막의 내식성이 우수하다고 알려져 있다. PEO는 기존의 Anodizing 피막에 비해 내구성이 우수한 피막이기 때문에 일부 산업 분야에서 기존의 피막보다 PEO 피막을 선호하고 있다. 플라즈마 전해산화는 400V 이상 고전압하에서 Anode에 생성되는 스파크에 의한 산화반응을 이용하여 금속 표면에 산화 피막을 생성하는 공정이다. 전처리 과정을 거칠 필요가 없기 때문에 친환경적이며, 공정 과정도 복잡하지 않다. PEO의 여러 가지 특성(내전압, 플라즈마 부식성, 화학 부식성, 실시간 파티클)을 한국표준과학연구원이 보유한 장비들을 사용하여 분석하여, 기존의 Anodizing 피막과 비교 평가하였다. 이 실험 결과를 바탕으로 기존의 피막보다 우수한 특성을 가진 PEO 피막을 개발 진행 중에 있다.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.50 no.5
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• pp.366-372
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• 2017

Plasma electrolytic oxidation(PEO) has attracted attention as a surface treatment which has high wear resistance and corrosion resistance. PEO is generally considered as cost-effective, environmentally friendly and superior in terms of coating performance. Most of studies about the PEO processes have been applied to light metals such as Al and Mg. Because the strength of Al and Mg is weaker than that of steel, there is a limit to the application. In this study, PEO process was used to form oxide coatings on Hot dipped aluminized(HDA) steel and the characteristics of the coating film according to the PEO current density were studied. The morphology was observed by SEM and component was analyzed by using EDS. The corrosion behaviors of PEO coating films were estimated by exposing salt spray test at 5 wt.% NaCl solution and measuring polarization curves in deaerated 3 wt.% NaCl solution. With the increase of PEO process current density, the pore size of the coating surface and the thickness of coating increased. It was confirmed that no Fe component was present on the coating surface. PEO coating films obviously showed good corrosion resistance compared with HDA. It is considered that the PEO coating acts as a barrier to protect the base material from external factors causing corrosion.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.147-154
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• 2014

Formation behavior of PEO (Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation) films on AZ31 Mg alloy was studied in aqueous solutions containing various concentrations of hydroxide ion ($OH^-$) and silicate ion ($SiO_3{^{2-}}$) by voltage-time curves, and corrosion resistance of the PEO film-covered specimen was investigated by immersion test in 0.5 M NaCl solution. From the analyses of the voltage-time curves, it is suggested that two different types of anions are essentially needed for the formation of PEO films on AZ31 Mg alloy: film formation agent and local film breakdown agent. $SiO_3{^{2-}}$ ion acts only as a film formation agent but $OH^-$ ion acts not only as a film formation agent but also film breakdown agent. The PEO films prepared on AZ31 Mg alloy in alkaline silicate solution showed very good corrosion resistance without any pitting or filiform corrosions up to 480 h of immersion in 0.5 M NaCl.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.209-216
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• 2011

Surface coatings were prepared on SKD11 core mold steel by plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO). The coatings were investigated about the formation condition of core mold steel. SKD11 were coated by PEO in a mix solution of Sodium Aluminate $NaAlO_2$ (10 g/l), Sodium Silicate powder $Na_2SiO_3$ (0.5 g/l), Sodium tungstate dihydrate $Na_2WO_42H_2O$ (0.5 g/l) at less than $30^{\circ}C$. The electrical condition were voltage : 500~600 V; Pulse : 600~1800 Hz; current density 15~20 $A/dm^2$ various time : 3 min~40 min. The coatings surface morphology, cross-section, friction coefficient, hardness were investigated. The PEO coatings on SKD11 core mold steel showed the extended service life.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.50 no.1
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• pp.10-16
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• 2017

This article reports for the first time on the lateral growth of PEO (plasma electrolytic oxidation) films on Al1050 alloy by the application of anodic pulse current in an alkaline electrolyte. Generation of microarcs was observed at the edges initially and then moved towards the central region with PEO treatment time. Disc type PEO film islands with about $20{\mu}m$ diameter were formed first and they grew laterally by the formation of new disc type PEO films at the edge of pre-formed PEO islands. The PEO film islands were found to be interconnected completely and form a continuous PEO film when generation of small size microarcs are terminated at the central part of the specimen, resulting in very smooth surface with low surface roughness less than $1{\mu}m$ of $R_a$. Further PEO treatment after the complete interconnection of PEO films islands showed local thickening of PEO films by vertical growth. It is concluded that very smooth PEO film surface can be obtained by lateral growth mechanism rather than vertical growth of them.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.135-140
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• 2016

In this study, we prepared magnesium ion containing oxide films formed on the Ti-6Al-4V using plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) treatment. Ti-6Al-4V surface was treated using PEO in Mg containing electrolytes at 270V for 5 min. The phase, composition and morphology of the Mg ion containing oxide films were evaluated with X-ray diffraction (XRD), Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) and filed-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS). The biocompatibility of Mg ion containing oxide films was evaluated by immersing in simulated body fluid (SBF). According to surface properties of PEO films, the optimum condition was formed when the applied was 270 V. The PEO films formed in the condition contained the properties of porosity, anatase phase, and near 1.7 Ca(Mg)/P ratio in the oxide film. Our experimental results demonstrate that Mg ion containing oxide promotes bone like apatite nucleation and growth from SBF. The phase and morphologies of bone like apatite were influenced by the Mg ion concentration.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.308-311
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• 2008

Oxide layers were prepared on Al2021 alloys substrate under a hybrid voltage of AC 200 V (60 Hz) combined with DC 260 V value at room temperature within $5{\sim}60\;min$ by plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO). An optimized aluminate-fluorosilicate solution was used as the electrolytes. The surface morphology, thickness and composition of layers on Al2021 alloys at different reaction times were studied. The results showed that it is possible to generate oxide layers of good properties on Al2021 alloys in aluminate-fluorosilicate electrolytes. Analysis show that the double-layer structure oxide layers consist of different states such as ${\alpha}-{Al_2}{O_3}$ and ${\gamma}-{Al_2}{O_3}$. For short treatment times, the formation process of oxide layers follows a linear kinetics, while for longer times the formation process slows down and becomes a steady stage. During the PEO processes, the average size of the discharge channels increased gradually as the PEO treatment time increased.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.151.2-151.2
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 정전류 조건에서 알루미늄 합금의 PEO(Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation) 피막 형성 거동에 미치는 전해질 내 cation($K^+$, $Na^+$)의 영향을 아크 발생 양상, 전압-시간 곡선 및 형성된 표면피막 구조를 관찰하여 연구하였다. 전해질은 0.5 M NaOH + 1 M $Na_2SiO_3$ 수용액과 0.5 M KOH + 1 M $Na_2SiO_3$ 수용액이 사용되었다. 아크 발생은 cation의 종류에 상관없이 동일하게 가장자리부터 시작되어 내부로 이동함으로써 전 표면에 걸쳐서 일어났다. 전 표면에서 PEO 피막이 형성된 이후에는 한 지점에서 지속적으로 아크가 발생하는 로컬버닝 현상이 두 용액에서 모두 관찰되었으나 $K^+$이온이 포함된 용액에서 로컬버닝이 빠르게 일어났다. 시편표면에서 아크가 발생하는 동안 중 각 전해액에서의 전압-시간 곡선에서 전압의 상승과 하강이 반복되는 거동이 동일하게 관찰되었다. 이러한 전압 등락의 크기는 $K^+$ 이온이 포함된 수용액에서 더 크게 나타났으며, 그 결과 표면 거칠기가 상대적으로 더 높은 PEO 피막이 형성되었다.