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Galvanic Corrosion Assessment of Friction Stir Butt Welded Joint of Aluminum and Steel Alloys

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Galvanic corrosion assessment of a friction stir welded (FSWed) joint of 5052-H32 aluminum and dual phase (DP) steel alloys is conducted by coupling the top and bottom surfaces of the weld joint with the base metals (BMs) in the presence of a 3.5% NaCl solution. The complex nature of the stir zone (SZ) causes different microstructures and corresponding corrosion behaviors across the top and bottom surfaces of the FSWed joint. From the results, the regions between the DP steel BM and the FSWed joint have larger average potential differences as well as higher corrosion rates due to an increase in martensite content, low-angle grain boundaries (LAGBs) and the presence of the steel pieces in the SZ. On the other hand, the regions between the aluminum BM and the FSWed joint show better corrosion properties with smaller average potential differences and lower corrosion rates, even though the aluminum BM is significantly affected by the chloride ions present in the electrolyte.

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This study was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grants funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) (nos. NRF-2018R1A5A1025224 and NRF-2015R1A5A1037627). This research was also supported by Basic Science Research Program through the NRF funded by the Ministry of Education (2017R1D1A3B03028386). Furthermore, this research was supported by the research fund of Hanbat National University in 2018.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanbat National University, 125 Dongseodae-ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

    Sam Yaw Anaman & Hoon-Hwe Cho

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, 680-749, Republic of Korea

    Hrishikesh Das & Sung-Tae Hong

  3. Northwestern University Center for Atom-Probe Tomography, Evanston, IL, 60028, USA

    Sung-Il Baik

  4. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea

    Jong-Sook Lee

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Anaman, S.Y., Cho, HH., Das, H. et al. Galvanic Corrosion Assessment of Friction Stir Butt Welded Joint of Aluminum and Steel Alloys. Int. J. of Precis. Eng. and Manuf.-Green Tech. 7, 905–911 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40684-019-00183-5

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