Conversion coatings are an important ingredient in modern corrosion protection systems. Together with industrial partners, we investigate traditional phosphating on "difficult" substrates, and modern alternative conversion coatings.

Publications:

•Adnan Sarfraz, Ralf Posner, Miriam M. Lange, Kirsten Lill, Andreas Erbe: Role of intermetallics and copper in the deposition of ZrO2-based conversion coatings on AA6014. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 161, C509-C516 (2014).

•Paul Schneider, Reinhard Sigel, Miriam M. Lange, Frank Beier, Frank U. Renner, Andreas Erbe: Activation and Fluoride-Assisted Phosphating of Aluminium-Silicon-Coated steel. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 5 4224-4232 (2013).