The corrosion behaviors of extrusion, under-aged, peaked-aged and over-aged WE93 alloys in Na HSO3 solutions were investigated by optical microscopy（OM）, scanning electron microscopy（SEM） and X-ray diffraction（XR...The corrosion behaviors of extrusion, under-aged, peaked-aged and over-aged WE93 alloys in Na HSO3 solutions were investigated by optical microscopy（OM）, scanning electron microscopy（SEM） and X-ray diffraction（XRD）.The weight loss rates, corrosion morphologies and polarization curves were analyzed.The peak-aged specimen in Na HSO3 salt spray had the highest corrosion rate of 0.9787 mg/cm2/d, while extrusion specimen led to the lowest of 0.2184 mg/cm2/d.The specimens could be arranged in decreasing order of corrosion rates： extrusion 〈under-aged〈over-aged〈peak-aged. Polarization curves also gave effective evaluation of corrosion rates in agreement. The NaHSO3 played a great role in the corrosion behaviors of WE93 alloys. The main reasons were that HSO3- developed a reaction： O2＋2HSO3 ＋2e→2HSO42→2H＋＋2SO42- to generate H＋, accelerating the process of corrosion reaction. SO4 2- stimulated corrosion and led to an autocatalytic type of reaction： MgZ＋＋SO4^2-＋7H2O→MgSO4-7H2O. XRD characterized that Mg（OH）2 and MgSO4·7H2O were the main corrosion products.展开更多
基金Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(51204020)National Basic Research Program of China(2013CB632202,2013CB632205)
文摘The corrosion behaviors of extrusion, under-aged, peaked-aged and over-aged WE93 alloys in Na HSO3 solutions were investigated by optical microscopy（OM）, scanning electron microscopy（SEM） and X-ray diffraction（XRD）.The weight loss rates, corrosion morphologies and polarization curves were analyzed.The peak-aged specimen in Na HSO3 salt spray had the highest corrosion rate of 0.9787 mg/cm2/d, while extrusion specimen led to the lowest of 0.2184 mg/cm2/d.The specimens could be arranged in decreasing order of corrosion rates： extrusion 〈under-aged〈over-aged〈peak-aged. Polarization curves also gave effective evaluation of corrosion rates in agreement. The NaHSO3 played a great role in the corrosion behaviors of WE93 alloys. The main reasons were that HSO3- developed a reaction： O2＋2HSO3 ＋2e→2HSO42→2H＋＋2SO42- to generate H＋, accelerating the process of corrosion reaction. SO4 2- stimulated corrosion and led to an autocatalytic type of reaction： MgZ＋＋SO4^2-＋7H2O→MgSO4-7H2O. XRD characterized that Mg（OH）2 and MgSO4·7H2O were the main corrosion products.
