| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Environmental Degradation of Additively Manufactured Alloys
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| Presentation Title |
Corrosion Behavior of 7050 and 7075 Aluminum Alloys Processed through Reactive Additive Manufacturing |
| Author(s) |
Vikrant Beura, Antriksh Sharma, Yashaswini Karanth, Kiran Solanki |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Antriksh Sharma |
| Abstract Scope |
In this work, a laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) based reactive additive manufacturing (RAM) method has been used to process aluminum 7075 and 7050 alloys. Titanium and boron carbide was added as reactive particles during processing resulting in a crack-free, refined, and random textured microstructure. X-ray diffraction, Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy (SEM/TEM), and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) techniques were used for microstructure characterization. RAM 7075 showed precipitation of sub-micron to nanoscale Zn-Cu, Cu-Fe, and Mg-rich phases, while RAM 7050 showed Mg-Cu and Mg-Zn rich phases along the grain boundaries. A comparative corrosion response between wrought and RAM alloys was studied by electrochemical measurements such as potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and atomic emission spectroelectrochemistry analysis (AESCE). A reduction in corrosion resistance was observed with precipitation of excessive reactive particles in RAM alloys compared to wrought counterparts. Post-corrosion microstructures were analyzed to elucidate the underlying corrosion mechanism. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Additive Manufacturing, Other, Other |