Evaluation of the Pitting Corrosion Behavior of Al-nano Zro2 composite Produced by Accumulative Roll Bonding (ARB) Process

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سینا  متین ¹ (دانشگاه شیراز)
محمود  پاکشیر ² (دانشگاه شیراز)

Received: 2016-01-06 Accepted : 2016-09-13 Published : 2016-08-22

Keywords: Nano Composite, Accumulative Roll Bonding (ARB), Cyclic Polarization Test,

Abstract :

In this study, the pitting corrosion behaviour of Al-Nano ZrO2 Nano composites fabricated by Accumulative Roll bonding (ARB) process was investigated. Strips of 1050-aluminum alloy of length 250 mm, width of 40 mm, and thickness of 1 mm annealed at 623K in ambient atmosphere and analytical grade of ZrO2 powder with an average size of 40nm were used as raw materials. The Al-Nano ZrO2 composite was produced in 5 cycles. For electrochemical measurements, the square specimens of 10mm×10mm×1mm were cut, connected to copper wires and cold mounted. The open circuit potentials (OCP) of the specimens were measured after 24h immersion in the artificial seawater (3.5wt% NaCl), then Cyclic Polarization test were carried out at range of -0.25 / 1 v with respect to OCP and scan rate of 1mV/s. The results of Cyclic Polarization test indicated that when rolling cycles increase, the Eb and Eb-Erp decrease. The repassivation improved by decrease in Eb-Erp. SEM images represent the decrease and uniform distribution of pits on the surface of samples by increasing the rolling cycles.

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