The Influence of Transition Metals Addition on the Corrosion Resistance of Nanocrystalline Al Alloys Produced by Mechanical Alloying
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Procedure
2.1. Production of Ultrafine/Nanocrystalline Al, Al-10 wt. % Fe and Al-10 wt. % Fe-5 wt. % Cr Alloys
2.2. X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
2.3. Microstructural Characterization of Sintered Alloy
2.4. Chemicals, Materials, and Electrochemical Cell
2.5. Electrochemical Experiments
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Electrochemical Measurements
3.2. Microstructural Characterization
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Materials | Corrosion Parameters | |||||
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Ecorr, mV | jcorr, µA·cm−2 | Eprot, mV | Epit, mV | jpit, µA·cm−2 | Rp (kΩ·cm2) | |
Al | −1048 | 14.47 | −941 | −824 | 89.3 | 4.873 |
Al-10% Fe | −842 | 3.06 | −754 | −694 | 10.33 | 9.356 |
Al-10% Fe-5%Cr | −802 | 0.796 | −706 | −633 | 4.84 | 19.005 |
Materials | EIS Parameters | ||||||
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RS, Ω cm2 | Q1 | Rct (kΩ cm2) | Q2 | Rf (kΩ cm2) | |||
Cdl (μMho cm−2) | n | Cf (μMho cm−2) | n | ||||
Al | 3.85 | 248.4 | 0.978 | 1.1 | 616 | 0.57 | 2.8 |
Al-10% Fe | 5.38 | 180.1 | 1.00 | 1.8 | 523 | 0.62 | 6.2 |
Al-10% Fe- 5% Cr | 5.36 | 48.1 | 0.999 | 7.05 | 363 | 0.54 | 17.1 |
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Seikh, A.H.; Baig, M.; Ammar, H.R.; Alam, M.A. The Influence of Transition Metals Addition on the Corrosion Resistance of Nanocrystalline Al Alloys Produced by Mechanical Alloying. Metals 2016, 6, 140. https://doi.org/10.3390/met6060140
Seikh AH, Baig M, Ammar HR, Alam MA. The Influence of Transition Metals Addition on the Corrosion Resistance of Nanocrystalline Al Alloys Produced by Mechanical Alloying. Metals. 2016; 6(6):140. https://doi.org/10.3390/met6060140
Chicago/Turabian StyleSeikh, Asiful Hossain, Muneer Baig, Hany Rizk Ammar, and Mohammed Asif Alam. 2016. "The Influence of Transition Metals Addition on the Corrosion Resistance of Nanocrystalline Al Alloys Produced by Mechanical Alloying" Metals 6, no. 6: 140. https://doi.org/10.3390/met6060140