Evaluation of pitting corrosion mechanism of AZ31 magnesium alloy by monitoring acoustic emission

Hye Young Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Seung Mi Lee, Jai Won Byeon

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the electrochemical corrosion mechanism of AZ31 magnesium alloy by monitoring acoustic emission (AE). AE signals were monitored in situ during the potentiodynamic corrosion test. Evolution of AE signal appeared to be divided into four distinct stages (AE stage I, II, III, and IV) according to the corrosion time and mechanism. AE characteristics in each AE stage were correlated with the bubble behavior, refiecting corrosion mechanism. This interpretation was veried with the simultaneous observation of corrosion bubbling by video camera.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)123-126
Number of pages4
JournalMaterials Transactions
Volume58
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Acoustic emission
  • Bubbling behavior
  • Corrosion mechanism
  • Magnesium alloy

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