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Surface Analysis of the Environmental Corrosion of Zinalco (Zn-22Al-2Cu) Alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

R. Guerrero-Penalv ,
M.H. Farías  and
L. Cota-Araiza
R. Guerrero-Penalv
Affiliation:
Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, Centro de Graduados e Investigación, Apartado Postal 1166, Tijuana, BC 22000, México. penalva@telnor.net
M.H. Farías
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciencias de la Materia Condensada de la UNAM, Apartado Postal 2681, Ensenada, BC 22800, México.mario@ccmc.unam.mx, leonel@ccmc.unam.mx, Fax +++52-646-1744603
L. Cota-Araiza
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciencias de la Materia Condensada de la UNAM, Apartado Postal 2681, Ensenada, BC 22800, México.mario@ccmc.unam.mx, leonel@ccmc.unam.mx, Fax +++52-646-1744603
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Abstract

The surface of a set of zinalco (Zn-22Al-2Cu) samples was prepared by mechanical polishing (MP) and by electropolishing (EP). Samples were subjected to environmental corrosion during 56 days and studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). Differences in relative atomic concentration ratio of Al/Zn in oxides of the surface layer were obtained and they are related to the bulk microstructure. A different corrosion behavior is observed between MP and EP samples and it is explained in terms of surface composition and morphology. The initial growth of corrosion products was observed in EP samples and a corrosion model is proposed. The surface of both types of samples can be modified by lowenergy argon ion bombardment.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 781: Symposium Z – Mechanisms in Electrochemical Deposition and Corrosion , 2003 , Z3.2
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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