Preferential corrosion of coherent twin boundaries in pure nickel under cathodic charging

Liu, Mengying; Seita, Matteo; Duong, Ta; Kuo, Winson C. H.; Demkowicz, Michael J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.063606

Title: Preferential corrosion of coherent twin boundaries in pure nickel under cathodic charging

Journal Article · 16 June 2019 · Physical Review Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.063606 · OSTI ID:1527019

Liu, Mengying ^[1]; Seita, Matteo ^[2]; Duong, Ta ^[3]; Kuo, Winson C. H. ^[3]; Demkowicz, Michael J. ^[3]

Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); Texas A&M University
Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore)
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

We describe an investigation of microstructure in pure nickel (Ni) after cathodic charging in aqueous electrolyte. Intergranular corrosion occurs on the sample surface and takes the form of long trenches along coherent twin boundaries (CTBs): sites that have often been considered especially resistant to corrosion. Integrating electron backscatter diffraction and x-ray computed tomography, we show that the trenches are formed by the growth and eventual overlap of isolated conical cavities, which, in turn, are aligned with < 110 >-type directions within CTB planes. The < 110 >-type orientation is consistent with cavity initiation at high-energy, symmetric incoherent twin boundary facets within CTB planes. Lastly, our observations show that, far from being always corrosion resistant, CTBs are especially susceptible to intergranular corrosion under some conditions.

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0008926

OSTI ID:: 1527019

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1546248; OSTI ID: 1688810

Journal Information:: Physical Review Materials, Journal Name: Physical Review Materials Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 3; ISSN PRMHAR; ISSN 2475-9953

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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