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The influence of aging treatment on the intergranular corrosion and exfoliation corrosion susceptibility of the high Zn content super-high strength Al alloy was studied using optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission election microscopy (TEM). The results show that the two-stage over-aging treatment and retrogression and re-aging treatment can improve the corrosion resistance of the super-high strength Al alloy, which are in accord with the results of polarization tests in 3.5%NaCl (mass fraction) solution. TEM observation shows that the size and morphology of precipitates at grain boundaries are the key factors responsible to the corrosion behavior of the alloy. After the two-stage over-aging treatment and retrogression and re-aging treatment, the precipitates at grain boundaries are coarse and discontinuous, which decreases the corrosion susceptibility of the alloy. Moreover, there are three stages of the corrosion development of the super-high strength Al alloy studied in Cl--containing media as pitting, intergranular corrosion and exfoliation corrosion.
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Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals
ISSN: 1004-0609
Year: 2014
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Page: 651-658
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