Properties of dawsonite conversion film on AZ31 magnesium alloy.pdf

Properties of dawsonite conversion film on AZ31 magnesium alloy CHEN Jun, SONG Ying-wei, SHAN Da-yong, HAN En-hou State Key Laboratory for Corrosion and Protection, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China Received 23 September 2009; accepted 25 December 2010 Abstract: An environmentally friendly method for synthesizing a dawsonite conversion film was developed to improve the corrosion resistance of AZ31 Mg alloy. The film was prepared by two steps: the AZ31 alloy was first immersed in an Al (SO ) solution 2 4 3 venting CO gas to form a precursor film, and then the precursor film was treated in a Na CO solution dissolved with Al to obtain 2 2 3 the dawsonite film. The surface morphology of the conversion film was observed with an environmental scanning electronic microscope. The chemical composition of the conversion film was analyzed by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray diffractometry. Electrochemical and immersion tests were carried out to evaluate the protection effect of the conversion film on AZ31 alloy. There are some network-like cracks on the surface of the film. The conversion film is mainly composed of dawsonite NaAlCO (OH) , Al(OH) and Al (OH) (CO )·5H O, which can increase the corrosion potential and reduce the corrosion current 3 2 3 5 13 3 2 density of the M