Aqueous corrosion and corrosion-sensitive embrittlement of Fe{sub 3}Al-based and lean-aluminum iron aluminides
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Aqueous corrosion and corrosion-sensitive embrittlement of iron aluminides were characterized as functions of environment, alloying content, notch sensitivity, and strain rate. Polarization resistance and cyclic anodic polarization evaluations were performed in 3.5 wt % NaCl, 200 ppM Cl{sup {minus}} (pH = 4), and 1 N NaOH solutions. In the mild acid-chloride solution [200 ppM Cl{sup {minus}} (pH = 4)], the pitting-corrosion resistance of the new lean-aluminum iron aluminides (FAP-Y and CM-Mo) was comparable to that of the Fe{sub 3}Al-based FAL-Mo. In the higher-chloride 3.5 wt % NaCl, the resistance of CM-Mo was slightly less but FAP-Y showed quite similar behavior to FAL-Mo. In 1 N NaOH solution, all materials exhibited ideal passive behavior. Under slow-strain-rate test conditions in the mild acid-chloride electrolyte, prior work had shown the ductilities (% elongations) of Fe{sub 3}Al-based materials to be {approximately}7% and {approximately}1% at the freely-corroding and hydrogen-charging potentials, respectively. Present studied on the lean-aluminum materials have shown the ductilities to be {approximately}17% and {approximately}5%, respectively. Thus, the present results indicate that these new materials have reasonably-good aqueous-corrosion properties in chloride environments and significantly-enhanced ductilities under aqueous corrosion conditions. The strain rate and notch sensitivities of high-aluminum iron aluminide (FA-129) were investigated by performing slow-strain-rate tests. The notch sensitivity was independent of strain rate and the notch sensitivity in the aqueous environment was similar to that in air.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 140131
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/FMP--93/1; CONF-9305135--; ON: DE94001091
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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