ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDY ON THE LOCALIZED CORROSION OF TWO DIFFERENT TEMPER LY12 ALLOYS

The corrosion behavior of two different aged LY12 alloys in EXCO （234g/L NaCl, 50g/L KNO3 0.1M HNO3） and MIL-H-600 （35g/L NaCl, 5g/L （NH4）2SO4） solutions were studied using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy （EIS） in conjunction with SEM technique respectively, and the pH variation of the above accelerated corrosion solution during materials corroding was also measured to characterize the corrosion processes. At the beginning of corrosion, EIS plots exhibited two capacitive arcs in the high frequency range （Cd） and mediate frequency range （ Cf） originating from the original corroded surface and the newly formed interface respectively, and a low frequency inductive loop due to the relaxation phenomenon of reaction intermediates. In the EXCO,solution, the EIS results showed that once the exfoliation corrosion occurred, the inductive loop disappeared. The results also showed that the exfoliation corrosion susceptibility of state T6 is much higher than that of state T3, but the intergranular corrosion susceptibility has a reverse order. Based on the relationship of EIS results with SEM and metalloscopy morphologies of the corroding substrates and physic-chemical meaning of EIS parameters, an index （Cf/Cd） has been proposed to characterize the extent of the localized corrosion, which variation tallies with the real corrosion extent correctly. Meanwhile, good agreement was found between the experimental results and the electrochemical model proposed and, good coherence between the electrochemical features and the distribution type of constituent particles of corroding material was observed.

Novel approach of LY12 alloy brazing

The LY12 Al alloy was brazed with the adoption of the improved KF CsF AlF 3 flux matching Ag Al Cu Zn filler metal. The shear strength of brazed joint could reach 80% of that of the substrate and the tensile strength of butt brazed joint will be 70% of that of the substrate. This was the great progress against the traditional claim that Al alloy reinforced by heat treatment could not be brazed. The experimental results and theoretical analysis had proved that it was the key issue to remove the MgO oxide film below 503 ℃ . The addition of rare earth La was the effective way to obtain better mechanical properties of the filler metal as well as brazed joints.

Corrosion Behavior of the Rare Earth Sealing Anodized Coating on Aluminum Alloy LY12

Technological process of rare earth sealing anodized LY12 (2024) alloy is introduced. Corrosion behavior of the film was studied by polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The results showed that the coating remained passivity at the potential range from the open circuit potential (-780 mV) to -250 mV in NaCl solution. When the potential exceeded -200 mV, corrosion reaction happened on the coating, the results of EIS analysis was consistent with the results of polarization curves.

ELECTROCHEMICAL FEATURES DURING PITTING CORROSION OF LY12 ALUMINUM ALLOY IN DIFFERENT NEUTRAL SOLUTIONS

The electrochemical features of commercial airfrarne material, Al alloy LY12, in 0.349mol/L neutral sodium chloride (NaCl) and sodium sulfate (NazSO^) solutions were investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and potentiody-namic polarization techniques. The microstructure of the as-tested samples was studied by scanning electron microscopy. The results show that the Nyquist plots of LY12 at different immersion time displayed different features, indicating that the Cl- ions elevate the corrosion rate and inhibit the repassivation of a metastable pit. It also shows that the corrosion product of LY12 formed in SO42- solution isn't easy to dissolve, and it will cover the surface of working electrode in the electrolyte. SEM images indicate that the corrosion apparent area and pit number of LY12 in NaCl solution are greater than that in Na2SO4 solution.

Reaction behavior between the oxide film of LY12 aluminum alloy and the flux

In this paper, the brazing mechanism of LY12 aluminum alloy at middle range temperature was presented. The CsF-AlF_3 non-corrosive flux was utilized to remove the complex oxide film on the surface of LY12 aluminum alloy. The results revealed that the oxide film was removed by the improved CsF-AlF_3 flux accompanied with the occurrence of reaction as well as dissolution and the compounds CsF played an important role to remove the oxide film. Actually, the high activity of flux, say, the ability to remove the oxide film, was due to the presence of the compounds, such as NH_4F,NH_4AlF_4 and composite molten salt. The production of HF was the key issue to accelerate the reaction and enhance to eliminate the oxide film by dissolution. It was found that the rare earth element La at small percentage was not enriched at the interface. Moreover, the rare earth fluoride enhanced the dissolution behavior.

Structural Surface Crack Monitoring Method Based on Electrical Potential Technique and Modern Surface Technology

Crack monitoring plays a great role in modern structural health monitoring, however, most of the conventional crack inspections have disadvantages in terms of the accuracy, expense, reliability, durability and level of instrumentation required. Thus, development of a simple and reliable crack inspection technique that allows continuous monitoring has been desired. In this paper, electrical potential technique and modern surface technology are employed together to develop a new structural surface crack monitoring method. A special crack monitoring coating sensor based on electrical potential technique was deposited on the hot spot of the structure by modern surface technology. The sensor consists of three layers： the isolated layer, the sensing layer and the protective layer. The isolated layer is prepared by anodic oxidation technology, the sensing layer is made of ion plated copper, and the protective layer is made of silicone. The thickness of each layer is at micrometer magnitude. The electrical conductivity of the sensor is very stable, and the fatigue performance of the specimen with or without coating sensor is nearly unchanged. The crack monitoring experiment result shows that there are two sudden rises of the coating sensor electrical potential values, corresponding to different stages of the crack initiation and propagation. Since the width of the surface coating sensor is only 0.5 mm, this crack monitoring sensor can detect the propagation of cracks less than 0.5 mm long. The method proposed takes the simplicity of electrical potential technique and can monitor surface crack of nearly all kinds of structures precisely. The results of this paper may form the basis of a new crack monitoring system.