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中国有色金属学报(英文版)

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China

Vol. 27    No. 1    January 2017

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Corrosion pathways in aluminium alloys
U. DONATUS1,2, G. E. THOMPSON1, J. A. OMOTOYINBO2, K. K. ALANEME2, S. ARIBO2, O. G. AGBABIAKA2

1. School of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, England, UK;
2. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Technology,
Akure, PMB 704, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

Abstract:The corrosion pathways in AA2024-T3, AA5083-O and AA6082-T6 alloys have been investigated. The objective of the investigation is to further the understanding of the complex localised corrosion mechanism in aluminium alloys. The investigation was carried out by examining the corroded surfaces of the alloys after potentiodynamic polarization tests in a 3.5% NaCl solution with the aid of a scanning electron microscope, and by analysing the flow of anolyte solution using the scanning vibrating electrode technique. The results revealed that the overall corrosion pathways in the alloys are distinctively different and are influenced by the flow of anolyte solution. Also revealed, was the fact that corrosion propagates in two ways (particularly in the AA5083-O and AA6082-T6 alloys): an overall pathway in the corrosion front (filiform-like pathway in the AA5083 alloy and organized linear pathways in AA6082 alloy); and the crystallographic channelling along the á100? directions. These are dependent on the grain distinct features of the AA5083-O and AA6082-T6 alloys and are not influenced by the presence of coarse second phase particles in these alloys, compared with the AA2024-T3 alloy, where the corrosion pathways are more dependent on the presence of second phase particles and grain boundary character.

 

Key words: corrosion front pathway; crystallographic channelling; anolyte flow; aluminium alloy

ISSN 1004-0609
CN 43-1238/TG
CODEN: ZYJXFK

ISSN 1003-6326
CN 43-1239/TG
CODEN: TNMCEW

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