Thecorrosionbehaviorandanti-corrosionmechanismoftheZn-Ni-Al2O3compositecoatingwereinvestigatedbySEM,EDSandXPS.TheresultsindicatethatthecorrosiontypeoftheZn-Ni-Al2O3coatingsinneutral5wt.%NaClsolutionisuniformcorrosion.ThepresenceofcompactanduniformlydispersednanoaluminaparticlessubstantiallyinhibitsthecorrosionofZn-Ni-Al2O3compositecoatings.Intheinitialcorrosionstage,thecorrosiveproductsofZn-NimatrixformacompactZnCl2·4Zn(OH)2layer.Withthedevelopmentofcorrosion,somenanoaluminaparticlesareembeddedandformaNienrichmentlayer.InNienrichmentlayer,NipresentsasNiandNiO.
