Corrosion Behavior of Al-Mg Alloys with Different Alloying Element Contents in 3.5% NaCl Solution

The corrosion behavior was investigated for three Al-Mg aluminum alloys (i.e., 5052, 5083 and 5182 aluminum alloys) with different alloying contents in 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution at 35 °C by means of potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, immersion test, X-ray photoelectro...

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Main Authors: Weitao Zhou, Fei Xue, Moucheng Li
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description The corrosion behavior was investigated for three Al-Mg aluminum alloys (i.e., 5052, 5083 and 5182 aluminum alloys) with different alloying contents in 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution at 35 °C by means of potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, immersion test, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and microscopy techniques. All alloys spontaneously passivate in the test solution, but the pitting corrosion takes place at the intermetallic phases during the long-term immersion test. The comparative analyses indicate that more Mg and less Cr in aluminum alloys result in increases in the passive current density and the pit depth and decreases in the polarization resistance, the pitting potential and the ratio of Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/Al(OH)<sub>3</sub> in the product film. However, the differences in the pitting potentials of the three aluminum alloys are smaller than approximately 22 mV. Their pit depth values are less than 110 μm after 120 days of immersion. The three aluminum alloys have relatively high corrosion resistance in the simulated seawater solution.
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spelling doaj-art-e01c8e1d6e224a7d84dff921b349a22a2025-08-20T01:49:01ZengMDPI AGMetals2075-47012025-03-0115332710.3390/met15030327Corrosion Behavior of Al-Mg Alloys with Different Alloying Element Contents in 3.5% NaCl SolutionWeitao Zhou0Fei Xue1Moucheng Li2Institute of Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, 149 Yanchang Road, Shanghai 200072, ChinaBaowu Aluminum Technical Center, Baosteel Central Research Institute, Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201999, ChinaInstitute of Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, 149 Yanchang Road, Shanghai 200072, ChinaThe corrosion behavior was investigated for three Al-Mg aluminum alloys (i.e., 5052, 5083 and 5182 aluminum alloys) with different alloying contents in 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution at 35 °C by means of potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, immersion test, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and microscopy techniques. All alloys spontaneously passivate in the test solution, but the pitting corrosion takes place at the intermetallic phases during the long-term immersion test. The comparative analyses indicate that more Mg and less Cr in aluminum alloys result in increases in the passive current density and the pit depth and decreases in the polarization resistance, the pitting potential and the ratio of Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/Al(OH)<sub>3</sub> in the product film. However, the differences in the pitting potentials of the three aluminum alloys are smaller than approximately 22 mV. Their pit depth values are less than 110 μm after 120 days of immersion. The three aluminum alloys have relatively high corrosion resistance in the simulated seawater solution.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/15/3/3275XXX series aluminum alloyspitting corrosionalloying elementEIS
spellingShingle Weitao Zhou
Fei Xue
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Corrosion Behavior of Al-Mg Alloys with Different Alloying Element Contents in 3.5% NaCl Solution
Metals
5XXX series aluminum alloys
pitting corrosion
alloying element
EIS
title Corrosion Behavior of Al-Mg Alloys with Different Alloying Element Contents in 3.5% NaCl Solution
title_full Corrosion Behavior of Al-Mg Alloys with Different Alloying Element Contents in 3.5% NaCl Solution
title_fullStr Corrosion Behavior of Al-Mg Alloys with Different Alloying Element Contents in 3.5% NaCl Solution
title_full_unstemmed Corrosion Behavior of Al-Mg Alloys with Different Alloying Element Contents in 3.5% NaCl Solution
title_short Corrosion Behavior of Al-Mg Alloys with Different Alloying Element Contents in 3.5% NaCl Solution
title_sort corrosion behavior of al mg alloys with different alloying element contents in 3 5 nacl solution
topic 5XXX series aluminum alloys
pitting corrosion
alloying element
EIS
url https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/15/3/327
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