Effects of Manganese Addition on the Corrosion Behaviour of Aluminium Alloys in Different Media
Keywords:
Alloy, aluminum, corrosion, passivationAbstract
In this paper, we report on the effect of manganese addition on  the corrosion behavior of aluminium alloys in some different media (H2SO4, hydrogen tetraoxosulphate (vi) and HCl, hydrochloric acid).  Aluminum alloys containing 1.5%, 2.5% and 3.5% manganese were cast into rods; which were later machined and subsequently cut into coupons averaging a total surface area of 13.33cm3. The samples were weighed and immersed into beakers containing 0.25M, 0.5M, and 1.0M of H2SO4 and HCl solutions respectively. The set up were allowed to stand for 48 hours with the coupons removed every 12 hours for weight loss measurements using the normal procedures. The results show that the corrosion rate decreased with increasing exposure time in the respective media. In particular, at a concentration of 0.5 M H2SO4, a step decrease was observed, indicating the possibility of the precipitation of the intermetallic compounds and the amount of intermetallic precipitation increase arising from the manganese addition.References
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