《Effect of T4 and T6 treatment on corrosion of die cast AZ91D magnesium alloys in 3.5% NaCl》.pdfVIP

Effect of T4 and T6 treatment on corrosion of die cast AZ91D magnesium alloys in 3.5% NaCl ZHOU Wan-qiu(周婉秋)1,2, SHAN Da-yong(单大勇)1 , HAN En-hou(韩恩厚)1 , KE Wei(柯 伟)1 1. Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; 2. College of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing100029, China Received 28 July 2006; accepted 15 September 2006 Abstract: The effect of heat treatment on microstructure and corrosion behavior of die-cast AZ91D magnesium alloys in 3.5% NaCl solution was investigated by SEM, EDX, XRD and electrochemical technique. It is found that the distribution of β phase influences the corrosion morphology. Corrosion occurs preferentially in primary α phase and presents pitting corrosion feature in die-cast AZ91D. After homogenization of T4 treatment, β phase dissolves in α phase and forms a single phase with α matrix, and the corrosion form turns to localized corrosion. The attack initiates at local site, expands towards deep direction and produces “digging effect”. After artificial aging of T6 treatment, β phase is produced in abundance and provides a great deal of effective micro-cathode for anodic dissolution, and the corrosion form exhibits in general corrosion. Key words: AZ91D magnesium alloys; microstructure; corrosion behavior 0.50% Mn, 0.1%Si, 0.03%Co, 0.002%Ni, 1 Introduction 0.005%Fe, and balance Mg. Solution treatment (T4) was carried out by keeping die-cast AZ91D specimen at