Published March 2021 | Version v1
Journal article

Corrosion behavior of AA5083 produced by high-energy ball milling

  • 1. Department of Chemical, Biomolecular Engineering and Corrosion Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115 (United States)
  • 4. Concurrent Technologies Corporation, 100 CTC Drive, Johnstown, PA 15904 (United States)

Description

Highlights: • Ball milling AA5083 caused nanocrystalline structure and homogenous microstructure. • Spark plasms sintering was effective in consolidation. • Simultaneous improvement in corrosion resistance and hardness by ball milling. • Improved passive film characteristics and corrosion resistance by ball milling. -- Abstract: The corrosion, microstructure, and hardness of nanocrystalline AA5083 were compared to that of conventional AA5083-H116 and consolidated gas atomized powder. The nanocrystalline AA5083 was produced by consolidating high-energy ball milled gas atomized powder with two methods: cold compaction and spark plasma sintering. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, cyclic potentiodynamic polarization, Mott-Schottky analysis, and immersion tests followed by surface analysis were used to evaluate the corrosion behavior in 0.6 M NaCl solution. Pitting corrosion resistance of the nanocrystalline AA5083 was superior to that of commercial AA5083-H116. The improved corrosion resistance was primarily attributed to the homogenous microstructure and significant grain refinement below 100 nm.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.158268;
PII
S0925838820346314;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Journal Volume
857
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
0925-8388
CODEN
JALCEU

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