Tuning microstructure and enhancing corrosion property of Ti-6Al-3Nb-2Zr-1Mo alloy through electron beam surface melting

  • Baoxian Su
  • , Binbin Wang
  • , Liangshun Luo*
  • , Liang Wang
  • , Binqiang Li
  • , Chen Liu
  • , Yanqing Su*
  • , Yanjin Xu
  • , Haiguang Huang
  • , Jingjie Guo
  • , Hengzhi Fu
  • , Yu Zou
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Herein, we employ electron beam surface melting (EBSM) technology to process Ti-6Al-3Nb-2Zr-1Mo alloys and compare their microstructure and corrosion performance with wrought counterparts. The mechanism of microstructural evolution has been illustrated. The EBSM sample exhibits a better corrosion resistance than the wrought one, which can be ascribed to the formation of a relatively more stable passive film due to a higher fraction of phase boundaries induced by the fine α′-phase, and the alleviated heterogeneous distribution of compositions between α (α′)- and β-phases stemming from rapid cooling during EBSM process, further leading to the absence of strong galvanic-corrosion between different phases.

Original languageEnglish
Article number110520
JournalCorrosion Science
Volume206
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Corrosion behavior
  • Electron beam surface melting
  • Microstructure
  • Titanium

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