Published August 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

The role of solidification rate in the corrosion resistance of a directionally solidified novel aluminium-lanthanum alloy

  • 1. Programa de Corrosion del Golfo de Mexico, Universidad Autonoma de Campeche, Av. Agustin Melgar s/n, Col. Buenavista, CP 24030 Campeche, Campeche (Mexico)
  • 2. CINVESTAV-Merida, Applied Physics Department, Carr. antigua a Progreso, km 6, CP 97310 Merida, Yucatan (Mexico)
  • 3. CIATEQ. Calzada del Retablo 150, CP 76150 Queretaro, Queretaro (Mexico)

Description

The corrosion resistance of a novel Al-12.6 wt.%La alloy manufactured using unidirectional solidification was studied by sensitive electrochemical techniques. It was found that the electrochemical behaviour of the alloy depends upon the formation of non-passive corrosion product layers. Different solidification rates produced dissimilar microstructures which promoted selective dissolution when the alloy was anodically polarized in distilled water. A model for the electrochemical behaviour of this alloy was proposed based on an equivalent circuit that simulated the impedance results

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.scriptamat.2006.04.001;
PII
S1359-6462(06)00287-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Scripta Materialia
Journal Volume
55
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 255-258
ISSN
1359-6462
CODEN
SCMAF7

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Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.