Research Article

Fabrication of Coatings on the Surface of Magnesium Alloy by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation Using ZrO2 and SiO2 Nanoparticles

Table 5

Microhardness and Young’s modulus for the magnesium alloy MA8.

Type of sample surfaceMicrohardness
(GPa)
Young’s modulus
(GPa)

PEO layer
PEO layer with ZrO2 nanopowder
PEO layer with SiO2 nanopowder