For the adaptability of this arrangement it is
necessary, that the applied plasma polymer film is thermally stable, and
does not disturb the formation of the ZnMg alloy layer. In this work the
effects of heat treatment on the chemical structure of the plasma polymer
film were examined by XPS and FT-IRRAS. Furthermore, the microstructure
of coating systems produced by both, the usual and the optimised
process path are compared by FE-SEM cross sectional views. For the
successful adaption of the optimised process path, the resulting coating
system has to have the same application performance as the coating