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Comparative Study on the Effect of Over-aging and Addition of Zr on the Corrosion Resistance of Al-Zn-Mg Alloy |
QU Meng1, TANG Jianguo1, YE Lingying1, LI Chengbo1,2, LI Jianxiang2, ZHOU Wang2, DENG Yunlai1
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1 School of Materials Science and Engineering,Central South University,Changsha 410083,China 2 Guangdong Hoshion Industrial Aluminium Co.,Ltd.,Zhongshan 528463,China |
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Abstract Taking Al-Zn-Mg alloy as research object, a comparative study about the effect of over-aging treatment and adding Zr on the corrosion resis-tance of Al-Zn-Mg alloy was carried out by means of slow strain rate test(SSRT), intergranular corrosion(ICG) and exfoliation corrosion tests (EXCO). In light of the results, over-aging treatment (T76) was superior to peak-aging treatment (T6) because of its significant effect in enhancing the stress corrosion cracking(SCC), intergranular corrosion and exfoliation corrosion resistance of Al-Zn-Mg alloy. A remarkable improvement in the strength of Al-Zn-Mg alloy could be observed by adding 0.15% Zr. In addition, amelioration of corrosion resistance of the alloy in different extents was achieved, in which the stress corrosion cracking and intergranular corrosion resistance showed the most obvious amelioration. However, adding Zr was less effective in improving exfoliation corrosion resistance of the alloy than over-aging treatment. The mechanism for the influence of over-aging treatment and adding Zr on the corrosion resistance of the alloy was analyzed by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). It was found that over-aging treatment made the grain boundary precipitates (GBPs) of the alloy turn coarse and intermittently distributed, and widened the precipitate free zone (PFZ). While the addition of Zr inhibited the recrystallization of the alloy, and the reduction of large-angle grain boundary fraction contributed to enhancing the corrosion resistance of the alloy.
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Published: 03 January 2020
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About author:: Meng Qu is a master candidate in the School of Mate-rials Science and Engineering, Central South University. The research mainly focuses on the performance detection and process development of vehicle high-performance aluminum alloy. He has participated in one National Natural Science Foundation Project and three school-enterprise cooperation projects;Lingying Ye, an associate professor and doctoral supervisor of Central South University, mainly engaged in the research of high-performance aluminum, magne-sium alloy preparation, grain refinement, high-tempe-rature deformation behavior and corresponding mechanism. He has presided more than one National Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund Project, three National Defense Science And Technology 863 Project, one sub-project contract of National 973 Project and three school-enterprise cooperation projects. He has participated in 2 Pre-research Projects of General Assembly, 2 National “973” Projects, 3 International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Projects, and 1 National Natural Scie-nce Foundation Project. He has applied 7 national invention patents and published 30 papers in various academic journals, including 9 international important journals, 2 foreign authoritative journals, 2 international conference papers, 12 SCI papers and 28 EI papers. |
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