Preparation and Corrosion Resistance of Pulse-Current Anodic Oxidation Films of 2198 and 5A90 Al-Li Alloys

Abstract

Anodic oxidation processes of 2198 and 5A90 Al-Li alloys were carried out with pulse-current (PC) in the mixture of acid solution of 18%(mass fraction,the same below)H2SO4+5%C2H2O4 at room temperature. Surface and cross-sectional morphologies and composition distributions of anodic oxidation films were observed and determined by scanning electron microscope equipped with energy disperse spectroscopy (SEM/EDS). The corrosion resistances of these films were assessed by means of 10%NaOH aqueous solution dropping test and potentiodynamic polarization plot in 3.5% NaCl solution. The results show that the oxidation films of 2198 and 5A90 Al-Li alloys are mainly composed of Al oxides. For 2198 Al-Li alloy, fine and small particles evenly distribute in the oxidation film; and the film thickness is about 150 μm. For 5A90 Al-Li alloy, micro-pores existing in the film can provide better structure for later sealing; and the film thickness is nearly 180 μm. The larger thickness oxidation films of both two kinds of alloys prepared by pulse current anodic oxidation treatment have superior corrosion resistance in 3.5%NaCl solution.

Keywords

• Al-Li alloy
• pulse-current
• anodic oxidation treatment
• corrosion resistance
• mixture acid solution