Hydrogen Silsesquioxane based silica glass coatings for the corrosion protection of austenitic stainless steel
By Felix Lampert and Annemette Hindhede Jensen and Rameez Ud Din and Per M
Published in Surface and Coatings Technology
2016
Abstract
The application of stainless steels in hostile environments, such as concentrated acid or hot sea water, requires additional surface treatments, considering that the native surface oxide does not guarantee sufficient corrosion protection under these conditions. In the present work, silica-like thin-film barrier coatings were deposited on \AISI\ 316L grade austenitic stainless steel with 2B surface finish from Hydrogen Silsesquioxane (HSQ) spin-on-glass precursor and thermally cured to tailor the film properties. Results showed that curing at 500