Evolution of Microstructure, Texture and Corrosion Properties of Additively Manufactured AlSi10Mg Alloy Subjected to Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP)

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989100%3A27230%2F22%3A10249793" target="_blank" >RIV/61989100:27230/22:10249793 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/4/674/html" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/4/674/html</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sym14040674" target="_blank" >10.3390/sym14040674</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Evolution of Microstructure, Texture and Corrosion Properties of Additively Manufactured AlSi10Mg Alloy Subjected to Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP)

Original language description

In the selective laser melting process (SLM), the region irradiated by the laser beam is melted and quickly solidified, forming solidification lines (laser scan tracks) with symmetrical shapes. Because of the unique (rapid) crystallization conditions, the subgrain structures, typically observed inside these solidification lines, could also have variable geometric symmetrical patterns, e.g., cellular, pentagonal, or hexagonal cellular. The existence of such distinctive microstructures in SLM-made alloys has a significant impact on their superior mechanical and corrosion properties. Thus, any modification of this symmetrical microstructure (due to post-processing) can degrade or improve the properties of SLM-fabricated alloys. This study presents the experimental results on the effects of heat treatment and ECAP on microstructure modification and corrosion behavior of SLM-fabricated AlSi10Mg alloy. Light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used for microstructural analysis. The corrosion properties of the given samples were determined using open-circuit potential (OCP), potentiodynamic polarization, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques. EBSD observations showed that the imposed strain resulted in an obvious reduction in grain size to similar to 1.42 mu m and similar to 0.24 mu m after the first and second ECAP passes, respectively. Electrochemical tests revealed that the corrosion resistance of the ECAP-processed AlSi10Mg alloy improved significantly, which was confirmed by a nobler E-corr and lower I-corr values, and higher polarization resistance. The final results indicated that the strain-induced crystalline defects provided more nucleation sites for the formation of a denser and thicker oxide film, thus enhancing the corrosion resistance of the AlSi10Mg alloy.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20301 - Mechanical engineering

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF17_049%2F0008407" target="_blank" >EF17_049/0008407: Innovative and additive manufacturing technology - new technological solutions for 3D printing of metals and composite materials</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Symmetry

ISSN

2073-8994

e-ISSN

2073-8994

Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

1-19

UT code for WoS article

000785521500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85127909648