The effect of Fe-containing colloid particles in electrolyte on the composition and magnetic characteristics of oxide layers on titanium formed using the method of plasma electrolytic oxidation

Abstract

The composition, structure, and magnetic characteristics of oxide layers on titanium formed in electrolytes containing colloid particles of iron hydroxo-compounds and their filtrates have been investigated. The obtained results corroborate that formation of Fe-containing crystallites in coating pores occurs due to ingress of negatively charged particles of hydroxo-compounds of transition metals from the electrolyte into breakdown channels and their transformation in local spaces of electric breakdowns. The presence of crystallites in pores is responsible for coatings ferromagnetic properties. Fe-containing crystallites were not found in pores of coatings formed in the electrolyte after filtering of iron hydroxides and hydroxo-salts, whereas coatings contained small concentrations of iron homogeneously distributed over the surface and manifested paramagnetic properties at room temperature.