THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHEMICAL （化学的影响）.pdf

Association of Metallurgical Engineers of Serbia Scientific paper AMES UDC: 620.193/.197:669.715 THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION ON THE CORROSION PERFORMANCES OF A MEDIUM STRENGTH Al-Mg-Si (6XXX) TYPE ALLOYS 1∗ 2 Kemal Delijić , Boštjan Markoli 1Faculty of Metallurgy and Technology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put bb, Podgorica, Montenegro 2Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 12, Slovenia Received 13.03.2014 Accepted 06.06.2014 Abstract The effect of the chemical composition, i.e. content of silicone (Si) and other alloying elements (Zr, Mn, etc) on the corrosion behaviour and mechanical properties of Al-Mg-Si (6xxx) type alloys was investigated in this paper. Open circuit corrosion potential (OCP) measurements, linear polarization and potentiodynamic anodic/cathodic polarization were employed in order to determine the corrosion behaviour of artificially aged Al-Mg-Si samples in the chloride ions containing aqueous corrosion solutions. The difference in OCPs for the tested 6xxx type alloys in relation to the standard AA1020 alloy was observed to be between 1-4%, except for the AlMg0.65Si0.76Zr0.1 alloy when the difference was 14% (about 100 mV). The presence of zirconium and manganese in AlMgSi0.7 base alloy, that contains small excess of Si, shifts the OCPs to more negative values for -15 mV (~2%) and -88 mV (~11%) in natural water and 0,51 mol NaCl, respectively.