No Cover Image

Journal article 1371 views 274 downloads

The kinetics and mechanism of filiform corrosion occurring on zinc-aluminium-magnesium coated steel

Natalie Wint, D. Eaves, E. Michailidou, A. Bennett, Justin Searle Orcid Logo, Geraint Williams Orcid Logo, Hamilton McMurray

Corrosion Science, Volume: 158

Swansea University Authors: Natalie Wint, Justin Searle Orcid Logo, Geraint Williams Orcid Logo, Hamilton McMurray

  • 50974.pdf

    PDF | Version of Record

    Released under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY).

    Download (6.89MB)

Abstract

This paper describes a systematic study into the initiation and propagation of filiform corrosion (FFC) on industrially important Zinc-Aluminium-Magnesium (ZAM) alloy coatings for steels. An artificial scribe defect is created in model organic coatings applied to ZAM. Corrosion is initiated using HC...

Full description

Published in: Corrosion Science
ISSN: 0010-938X
Published: 2019
Online Access: Check full text

URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50974
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Abstract: This paper describes a systematic study into the initiation and propagation of filiform corrosion (FFC) on industrially important Zinc-Aluminium-Magnesium (ZAM) alloy coatings for steels. An artificial scribe defect is created in model organic coatings applied to ZAM. Corrosion is initiated using HCl, NaCl, FeCl2 and acetic acid. Only acetic acid is able to reproducibly initiate FFC. The FFC (area) rate is shown to be proportional to the amount of acetic acid introduced. The FFC mechanism is explained in terms of the relative susceptibility of alloy phases to anodic dissolution, determined using scanning electron microscopy and scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy.
Keywords: A Steel, A Magnesium, A Metal Coatings, C Atmospheric, Corrosion C Polymer Coatings
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering