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Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection  2023, Vol. 43 Issue (3): 516-524    DOI: 10.11902/1005.4537.2022.226
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Corrosion Behavior of ZAlSi7Mg Al-alloy in Deep-sea Environments in Western Pacific Ocean and South China Sea
PENG Wenshan(), DUAN Tigang, MA Li, XIN Yonglei, CHENG Wenhua, LIU Shaotong
State Key Laboratory for Marine Corrosion and Protection, Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute, Qingdao 266237, China
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Abstract  

The corrosion behavior of ZAlSi7Mg Al-alloy in low temperature and high pressure deep-sea environment was studied by using a home-made high-efficiency cascade device, whilst the long-term corrosion rate, pitting depth, corrosion morphology and corrosion products of ZAlSi7Mg Al-alloy at depth of 500, 800, 1200 and 2000 m in test sites located in the Western Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea were comparatively assessed by means of SEM, EDS and XPS techniques. The results show that: (1) The corrosion rate and corrosion product thickness of ZAlSi7Mg Al-alloy at 500 and 2000 m depths are higher than those at 800 and 1200 m depths respectively in the Western Pacific Ocean, and the average pitting depth of ZAlSi7Mg Al-alloy gradually decreases with the increase of the test depth. (2) The corrosion types of ZAlSi7Mg Al-alloy in the deep-sea environment are mainly pitting corrosion, crevice corrosion and intergranular corrosion. (3) In the deep-sea environment of the Western Pacific Ocean, the corrosion products of the alloy tested at larger depth have higher Al content, but lower Mg content, in comparison to those tested at shallower depth. The corrosion products mainly include Al2O3, Al(OH)3, Al2SiO5 and Mg(OH)2. (4) The ZAlSi7Mg Al-alloy presents different corrosion behavior, namely its corrosion rate and pitting depth for testing at the same seawater depth in the Western Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea respectively. In the South China Sea, the corrosion rate of Al-alloy at 2000 m depth is slightly less than that at 1200 m depth, while the pitting depth of Al-alloy at 2000 m depth is slightly greater than that at 1200 m depth. However, for the Western Pacific Ocean, change trends of corrosion rate and pitting depth of ZAlSi7Mg Al-alloy in these two depths are just opposite to those in the South China Sea.

Key words:  deep sea      ZAlSi7Mg Al-alloy      corrosion      real sea test     
Received:  08 July 2022      32134.14.1005.4537.2022.226
ZTFLH:  TG172  
Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(51931008)
Corresponding Authors:  PENG Wenshan, E-mail: pengwenshan1386@126.com

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PENG Wenshan, DUAN Tigang, MA Li, XIN Yonglei, CHENG Wenhua, LIU Shaotong. Corrosion Behavior of ZAlSi7Mg Al-alloy in Deep-sea Environments in Western Pacific Ocean and South China Sea. Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection, 2023, 43(3): 516-524.

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Fig.1  Corrosion rates (a) and average pitting depths (b) of ZAlSi7Mg Al-alloy at different seawater depths
Fig.2  Macro morphologies of ZAlSi7Mg Al-alloy before (a-d) and after (e-h) removal of corrosion products formed during immersion in deep sea for 2 a at 500 m (a, e), 800 m (b, f), 1200 m (c, g) and 2000 m (d, h)
Fig.3  Micro corrosion morphologies of ZAlSi7Mg Al-alloy after immersion in deep sea for 2 a at the depths of 500 m (a1, a2), 800 m (b1, b2), 1200 m (c1, c2) and 2000 m (d1, d2)
Fig.4  Micromorphologies of ZAlSi7Mg Al-alloy after removing corrosion products formed during immersion in deep sea for 2 a at the depths of 500 m (a1, a2), 800 m (b1, b2), 1200 m (c1, c2) and 2000 m (d1, d2)
Depth/mNaMgAlSiPSClKCaFe
5000.993.1916.502.23-0.17--0.54-
8002.941.7517.689.320.20-0.130.180.500.39
12006.810.4518.682.71---0.160.261.75
20004.950.6030.105.50-0.120.170.130.250.40
Table 1  Elemental compositions of corrosion products formed in deep sea at different depths
Fig.5  XPS spectra of Al (a), Si (b), Mg (c) and O (d) in corrosion products of ZAlSi7Mg Al-alloy exposed for 2 a at different depths in deep sea
Fig.6  Corrosion rates (a) and pitting depths (b) of ZAlSi7Mg Al-alloy at different depths in Western Pacific and South China Sea
Fig.7  Corrosion morphologies of Al-alloy before (a, c) and after (b, d) removal of corrosion products formed duing immersion in the South China Sea at the seawater depths of 1200 m (a, b) and 2000 m (c, d)
Fig.8  Micro-corrosion morphologies (a, b) and 3D view (c, d) of Al-alloy after removing corrosion products formed during immersion in the South China Sea for 2 a at the depths of 1200 m (a, c) and 2000 m (b, d)
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