Influence of pH value, chloride ion concentration and immersion time on corrosion rate of friction stir welded AZ61A magnesium alloy weldments

2012 ◽  
Vol 523 ◽  
pp. 49-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Dhanapal ◽  
S. Rajendra Boopathy ◽  
V. Balasubramanian
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Dhanapal ◽  
S. Rajendra Boopathy ◽  
V. Balasubramanian ◽  
K. Chidambaram ◽  
A. R. Thoheer Zaman

Extruded Mg alloy plates of 6 mm thick of AZ61A grade were butt welded using advanced welding process and friction stir welding (FSW) processes. The specimens were exposed to salt spray conditions and immersion conditions to characterize their corrosion rates on the effect of pH value, chloride ion concentration, and corrosion time. In addition, an attempt was made to develop an empirical relationship to predict the corrosion rate of FSW welds in salt spray corrosion test and galvanic corrosion test using design of experiments. The corrosion morphology and the pit morphology were analyzed by optical microscopy, and the corrosion products were examined using scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction analysis. From this research work, it is found that, in both corrosion tests, the corrosion rate decreases with the increase in pH value, the decrease in chloride ion concentration, and a higher corrosion time. The results show the usage of the magnesium alloy for best environments and suitable applications from the aforementioned conditions. Also, it is found that AZ61A magnesium alloy welds possess low-corrosion rate and higher-corrosion resistance in the galvanic corrosion test than in the salt spray corrosion test.


2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-102
Author(s):  
D. Thirumalai kumarasamy ◽  
K. Shanmugam ◽  
V. Balasubramanian ◽  
S. Vignesh

AbstractThe corrosion deterioration process of plasma sprayed alumina coatings on AZ31B magnesium alloy was investigated using immersion corrosion test in NaCl solution at different chloride ion concentrations, pH value and immersion time. The experiments were conducted based on a three factor, five level, central composite rotatable design matrix with full replications technique. Response surface methodology was used to develop the relationship. The developed relationship can be effectively used to predict the corrosion rate of plasma sprayed alumina coatings on AZ31B magnesium alloy at 95 % confidence level. The results showed that the corrosion deterioration of alumina coated magnesium alloy in NaCl solutions was significantly influenced by chloride ion concentration and pH value. The alumina coatings were found to be highly susceptible to localized damage, and could not provide an effective corrosion protection to Mg alloy substrate in solutions containing acidic environments (pH3), higher chloride concentrations and immersion time.


2016 ◽  
Vol 849 ◽  
pp. 121-127
Author(s):  
Ya Jie Chu ◽  
Xin Chen Han ◽  
Zong Hui Yang ◽  
Xiao Quan Li

The extruded AZ31B magnesium alloy plates of 4 mm thickness were butt welded using gas tungsten arc welding (GTA) process. The microstructure and corrosion behavior of the hot compressed welds were evaluated by conducting immersion test in NaCl solution at different immersion time and chloride ion concentrations. The specimens were exposed to immersion in order to characterize their corrosion rates. The corrosion morphology and pit morphology observation was carried out by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results showed that the corrosion rate of hot compressed magnesium alloy welds decreased with the increase in immersion time and the corrosion rate increased with the increase in chloride ion concentration, and the corrosion morphology was predominantly influenced by the distribution of β-phase.


2010 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
pp. 47-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Ben-Hamu ◽  
D. Eliezer ◽  
Kwang Seon Shin

The paper presented reveals the influence of chloride ion concentration on the corrosion and electrochemical behavior of new ZSMX wrought magnesium alloy in NaCl solution. The experimental techniques used include potentiodynamic polarization tests. The corrosion rate usually increased with the increase in chloride ion concentration. This result can be explained by the distribution of intermetalics.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 280-284
Author(s):  
Naja’atu Auwal Usman ◽  
Usman Muhammad Tukur ◽  
Bishir Usman

The corrosion rate of mild steel behavior exposed to effluents (EF), sea water (SW) and fresh water (FW) were study using weight loss, scanning electron spectroscopy (SEM) and x-rays diffraction (XRD). The results show that the weight loss of mild steel in different water samples increases with increasing in immersion time and temperature respectively. The corrosion rate of water was found to be higher in sea water (0.003g cm2 week-2), effluents (0.021g cm-2 week-2) and fresh water (0.020g cm-2 week-2) respectively. The corrosion rate and behaviour of mild steel in the water sample were affected by some physical and chemical parameters such as pH, turbidity, conductivity and biological oxygen demand (BOD). Effluents (EF) were found to have pH (5.20), turbidity (13.3nut), conductivity (4203µs/cm) and BOD (0.119mg/dm3). Sea water (SW) were found to have pH (7.60), turbidity (173nut), conductivity (30800µs/cm) and BOD (0.028mg/dm3). Fresh water (FW) were found to have pH (7.60), turbidity (127nut), conductivity (419µs/cm) and BOD (0.651mg/dm3). Similarly, the presences of elements such as chloride ion (Cl-), Fe, Ba, Br, S, La, Nb and Mo from XRF confirm that the corrosion rate is higher in sea water. SEM microgram revealed that corrosion rates of EF, SW and FW were of different nature, both the samples have rough surface with various cracks after immersion. This clearly shows that the sea water has the highest corrosion products follow by effluent than fresh water sample. Both the weight loss and corrosion rate increases as the immersion time and temperature increases. Keywords: Corrosion rate, Mild steel, Weight loss, AAS, SEM, XRF, Immersion Time, Temperature  


2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashok Kumar M ◽  
Thirumalaikumarasamy D ◽  
Paventhan R ◽  
Thirumal P

An investigation was carried out to quantify and characterize the corrosion behaviour of AZ31B magnesium alloy joints. Extruded Mg alloy plates of 6 mm thick of AZ31B grade were butt welded using a solid state, environmentally cleaner welding process, friction stir welding process. The weld specimens were underwent immersion, salt spray, pitting and galvanic corrosion tests in order to quantify and characterize the corrosion rates of the welds with the influence of different pH values, chloride ion concentration and the corrosion time. The corrosion rates, microstructure, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis concludes the optimum parameter for the usage of the magnesium alloy welds for the best service applications. Keywords: Keywords: EDM, Alumina and Genetic Algorithm


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