Author : Benjamin Robert Hanna
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (113 download)
Book Synopsis Investigation Into the Localized Corrosion of Aluminum-copper-lithium Alloy 2099 by : Benjamin Robert Hanna
Download or read book Investigation Into the Localized Corrosion of Aluminum-copper-lithium Alloy 2099 written by Benjamin Robert Hanna and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The results from the exposure experiments provided a map for the various heat treatments to identify when IsGC susceptibility will occur. Results showed that AA2099 went through several attack categories as samples were aged to under-aged (UA), peak-aged (PA), and over-aged (OA) conditions. The morphology in the cross section progressed from pitting to IsGC to pitting caused by early-stage crosshatch intra-granular attack. The susceptibility to IsGC was determined to follow a similar trend for T phase growth in another Al-Cu-Li alloy heat-treated within the same temperature and time ranges. Electrochemical experiments also concluded that the formation of the T1 particle is integral in the susceptibility to IsGC. The corrosion potentials of a specially synthesized bulk analog T1 and AA2099 matrix samples were measured in identical environments that were used for the exposure tests. The free-corrosion potential of T1 was lower than the matrix in all three solutions, which indicates the particle will preferentially dissolve in the alloy when galvanically connected to its surroundings. TEM characterization showed that samples that displayed a high density of T1 isolated along grain and subgrain boundaries also displayed a large amount of IsGC. Conversely, treating to the OA condition or cold working the sample produced nucleation of T1 into the matrix. This caused the localized attack to shift back to a primarily pitting morphology. The increased formation of matrix T1 was also seen in the breakdown potentials of the alloy, which became more negative and approached the breakdown potential of pure T1.