Application of Commercial Surface Pretreatments on the Formation of Cerium Conversion Coating (CeCC) over High-Strength Aluminum Alloys 2024-T3 and 7075-T6

The selection of appropriate surface pretreatments is one of the pending issues for the industrial application of cerium-based chemical conversion coatings (CeCC) as an alternative for toxic chromate conversion coating (CrCC). A two-step surface pretreatment based on commercial products has been suc...

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Main Authors: Juan Jesús Alba-Galvín, Leandro González-Rovira, Francisco Javier Botana, Maria Lekka, Francesco Andreatta, Lorenzo Fedrizzi, Manuel Bethencourt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Metals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/11/6/930