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The corrosion behavior of scandium alloyed Al 5052 in neutral sodium chloride solution

  • Zaki Ahmad*
  • , Anwar Ul-Hamid
  • , Abdul Aleem B.j
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Alloying with scandium has a strong influence on the strengthening and weight saving characteristics of Al-2.5 Mg alloys. Scandium addition (0.1-0.3 wt.%) to Al-2.5Mg alloys does not introduce any appreciable loss in their resistance to corrosion in 3.5 wt.% NaCI. The corrosion behavior of these alloys is not significantly affected by age hardening. Because of a unique combination of outstanding mechanical properties and a good resistance to corrosion Al-Mg alloys containing scandium represent a major improvement over the more familiar Al-Mg alloys.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1227-1243
Number of pages17
JournalCorrosion Science
Volume43
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2001

Keywords

  • Age-hardening
  • Al-Mg-Sc
  • Corrosion
  • Microstructure
  • Pitting potential
  • Polarization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • General Materials Science

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