对比研究一种新型三级时效制度(T76+T6)和常规回归再时效制度(RRA T77)对7150铝合金型材耐腐蚀性能的影响。选取三种腐蚀溶液(3.5%Na Cl;10 mmol/LNaCl+0.1 mol/L Na2SO4;4 mol/LNa Cl+0.5 mol/L KNO3+0.1mol/L HNO3),分别对7150铝合金型材进行开路电位、循环极化曲线以及电化学阻抗谱的表征。讨论自腐蚀电位、点蚀电位、点蚀转换电位以及电位差值等参数对铝合金腐蚀表征的适用性与局限性。电化学与扫描电镜(SEM)结果表明,相比于传统RRA T77制度,T76+T6时效制度处理的铝合金在没有强度损失的前提下,具备更好的耐点蚀、耐晶间腐蚀以及耐剥落腐蚀的能力。这是由于该新型三级时效制度处理的铝合金的晶界析出相进一步粗化和断续分布所致。
The effects of a novel three-step aging process (T76+T6) on the electrochemical corrosion behavior of 7150 extruded aluminum alloy were evaluated and compared with those of the conventional retrogression and re-aging process (T77). The open circuit potential (OCP), cyclic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) of the A1 alloys were measured after treatment in three solutions (3.5% NaCl (mass fraction); 10 mmol/L NaCl + 0.1 mol/L Na2SO4; 4 mol/L NaCl + 0.5 mol/L KNO3 + 0.1 mol/L HNO3). The parameters including the corrosion potential, pitting potential, pit transition potential and steepness, and potential differences were extensively discussed to evaluate the corrosion behavior of the Al alloys. The electrochemical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) data show that compared with the 7150-T77 Al alloy, the T76 + T6 aged 7150 A1 alloy exhibits better resistance to pitting corrosion, inter-granular corrosion (IGC) and exfoliation corrosion, which is attributed to further coarsening and inter-spacing of the grain boundary particles (GBPs) as revealed by transmission electron microscopy. Furthermore, the hardness tests indicate that an attractive combination of strength and corrosion resistance was obtained for the 7150 Al alloy with T76 + T6 treatment.