Corrosion Resistance of AZ91 Magnesium Alloy after Laser Remelting Treatment

作     者：STRZELECKA Monika IWASZKO Jozef MALIK Marcin A 

作者机构：Czestochowa University of Technology 42-200 Czestochowa Poland 

出 版 物：《Journal of Wuhan University of Technology(Materials Science)》 (武汉理工大学学报（材料科学英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第31卷第5期

页      面：1075-1080页

核心收录：

学科分类：08[工学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 080502[工学-材料学] 0702[理学-物理学] 

主　　题：magnesium alloy CO_2 laser surface layer modification corrosion 

摘      要：The main objective of the study was the modification of the surface layer of magnesium alloy by the COlaser. The studied material was the commercial AZ91 magnesium alloy. The effectiveness of the alternations caused by the remelting process was verified on the basis of microscopic observation and corrosion investigations, i e, recording of potentiodynamic polarization curves, electrochemical noise measurements and hydrogen evolution rate measurements. For the adopted range of the treatment parameters, favourable changes were observed in the surface layer such as the refinement of structure and more uniform arrangement of individual phases. As a consequence of those favourable structural changes the improvement of the corrosion resistance of the alloy was achieved in comparison to its non-remelted equivalent. For the treated material corrosion rates expressed as corrosion current densities were at least three times lower than the appropriate values for the untreated alloy comparing them for the same period of samples immersion in the test solution. The obtained results have confirmed the effectiveness of the applied surface treatment resulting in favourable changes in the structure and corrosion properties of the AZ91 magnesium alloy.