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J4 ›› 2016, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (3): 397-405.doi: 10.1016/S1672-6529(16)60311-6

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Corrosion Behavior of Ag-doped TiO2 Coatings on Commercially Pure Tita-nium in Simulated Body Fluid Solution

Tuba Yetim   

  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum 25100, Turkey
  • Received:2015-11-14 Revised:2016-05-14 Online:2016-07-10 Published:2016-07-10
  • Contact: Tuba Yetim E-mail:tuba.yetim@erzurum.edu.tr
  • About author:Tuba Yetim

Abstract:

TiO2 films including different amounts of Ag obtained by sol-gel method on commercially pure titanium (CP-Ti) and the corrosion properties of Ag-doped TiO2 films were investigated by potentiodynamic polarisation and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) tests in Simulated Body Fluid (SBF) solution. The results were compared with untreated and un-doped samples. Surface characterizations before and after the corrosion tests were performed by the Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis. It was observed that Ag-doping for TiO2 films improved the corrosion resistance when compared with untreated and un-doped TiO2 film coated samples. The highest corrosion resistance was obtained from Ag-doped samples coated with a solution of 0.05 M Ag.

Key words: TiO2 coating, Ag-doping, corrosion, CP-Titanium, simulated body fluid