The study of corrosion behavior of laser induced surface improvement (LISI) on steel and aluminum substrates
Laser Induced Surface Improvement (LISI) is a new process developed by University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) which employs lasers to melt precursor coatings and portions of the substrate to form a durable corrosion resistant surface. The LISI surface can be tailored to yield a composition that provides minimum impact to the base substrate material while giving good corrosion characteristics. The LISI surface treatment of tungsten carbide was applied on 7075 and 6061 aluminum alloys. The LISI treatment uses a chromium/nickel mixture and a stainless steel type mixture (pseudo stainless steel of 18 wt% chromium, 8 wt% nickel and a trace amount of manganese and silicon) on steel alloy 1010. The corrosion characteristics of these samples were determined in 3.5 wt% NaCl aqueous solution using linear polarization resistance technique. Potentiodynamic scans were run to determine the corrosion rates and optical microscopy was used to examine pitting characteristics of the different surface coatings. The effectiveness of the LISI modified surfaces to protect both steel and aluminum substrates is discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Naval Surface Warfare Center, West Bethesda, MD (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 20002532
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-990401-; TRN: IM200002%%532
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Corrosion NACExpo 99, 54th Annual Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX (US), 04/25/1999--04/30/1999; Other Information: 1 CD-ROM. Operating Systems: Windows 3.1, '95, '98 and NT; Macintosh; and UNIX; PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: Corrosion 99: Proceedings, [3500] pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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