Conversion Coatings for Magnesium and its Alloys

Dr. Viswanathan S. Saji is Research Scientist, III and Assistant Professorwith Center of Research Excellence in Corrosion, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Dr. T.S. N. Sankara Narayanan is Research Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology UNIST-gil 50, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Republic of Korea.

Conversion Coatings - Types and Mechanism.- Fundamentals of Chemical Conversion Coatings.- Fundamentals of Electrochemical Conversion Coatings.- Other Conversion Coatings Approaches.- Chromium Conversion Coatings -Present Status.- Phosphate-based Conversion Coatings.- Rare Earth-based Conversion Coatings .- Permanganate, Molybdate and Vanadate Conversion Coatings.- Fluoride Conversion Coatings.- Carbonate Conversion Coatings.- Layered double hydroxide conversion coatings.- Other Conversion Coatings .- Phytic Acid Conversion Coatings.- Tannic and Gallic Acid Conversion Coatings.- Aliphatic Carboxylic Acid Conversion Coatings .- Catechol and Vanillic Acid Conversion Coatings.- Other Conversion Coatings.- Electrochemical Anodic Oxidation of Mg alloys- Fundamentals and Recent developments.- Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation of Mg alloys - Fundamentals and Recent developments.- Recent Research Advancements in superhydrophobic electrochemical conversion coatings for Mg.- Self-healing Conversion Coatings.- Ionic Liquids-assisted Conversion Coatings.- Superhydrophobic Conversion Coatings.- Chitosan-based coatings.- Silane-based Coatings.