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Chinese Journal of Materials Research  2018, Vol. 32 Issue (10): 751-758    DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2017.708
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Effect of Microstructure Heterogeneity on Intergranular Corrosion Susceptibility of Al-alloy 6005A
Pengyang SHEN, Jianguo TANG(), Lingying YE, Chengxiong DUAN, Yunlai DENG
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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Pengyang SHEN, Jianguo TANG, Lingying YE, Chengxiong DUAN, Yunlai DENG. Effect of Microstructure Heterogeneity on Intergranular Corrosion Susceptibility of Al-alloy 6005A. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2018, 32(10): 751-758.

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Abstract  

The effect of microstructure heterogeneity on the intergranular corrosion susceptibility of the extruded Al-alloy 6005A was investigated by means of optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and intergranular corrosion (IGC) test. Results show that the microstructure of the surface layer is quite different from that of the central portion of the Al-alloy profile. The surface layer is full of coarse grain bigger than 100 μm, coarse and scattered second phase particles and large angle (≥10°) grain boundaries, while the size of grains and second phase particles is much finer in the central portion, and many low angle grain boundaries can be observed this portion. The PCG (peripheral coarse grain) surface layer-reserved sample presents better IGC resistance than that of the PCG surface layer-removed sample, correspondingly the maximum depth of IGC was 37.08 μm for the former, while 459.28 μm for the later. The major cause why corrosion resistance of the surface layer LS superior to the central portion of the alloy may be ascribed to the less grain boundary and lower density of grain boundary precipitates of the surface layer.

Key words:  metallic materials      6005A aluminum alloy      microstructure heterogeneity      peripheral coarse grain      intergranular corrosion      grain boundary precipitate     
Received:  30 November 2017     
ZTFLH:  TG146  
Fund: Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51474240) and Zhongshan Municipal Science and Technology Project (No. 2016A1001)

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Fig.1  Schematic of the the as-received material (a) sample location with the cross section of the extruded profile; (b) observation section of the tested material
Electrolyte U / V I / mA T / ℃ t / s
Anodizing H2O+HBF4(200:5) 25±2 <0.1 25±2 40~120
Electropolishing HClO4+C2H5OH(1:9) 20±2 <0.1 -15±5 5~15
Table 1  Parameters of anodizing and electropolishing
Fig.2  Optical microscopy (OM) of the 6005A extruded profile (a) surface layer; (b) central layer
Fig.3  The depth of the peripheral coarse grain (PCG) in different parts of the 6005A extruded profile
Fig.4  Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of the 6005A extruded profile (a) surface layer; (b) central layer
Grain area/μm2 0~3 3~6 6~9 9~12 12~15 15~18 18~21
Relative frequency/% Surface layer 72 10 9 2 3 2 2
Central layer 95 4 1 0 0 0 0
Table 2  Statistics of the second phrase size in the 6005A extruded profile
Fig.5  Electron backscatter diffraction analyze of the 6005A extruded profile (a) IPF map; (b) Misorientation map (>10°), (c) Misorientation map (2°~10°)
Fig.6  Grain size distribution of the 6005A extruded profile in different region
Fig.7  Misorientation distribution of the 6005A extruded profile in different region
Fig.8  Morphology of intergranular corrosion of the 6005A extruded profile in TD-ED (a, b) surface layer; (c, d) central layer
Fig.9  Morphology of intergranular corrosion of the 6005A extruded profile in TD-ND (a) Morphology of IGC; (b) EBSD of IGC sanple
Fig.10  TEM images of the 6005A extruded profile in different part (a, b) surface layer; (c, d) central layer
Fig.11  EDX result of the grain boundary phase
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