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Microstructure and corrosion characterization of the nugget region in dissimilar friction-stir-welded AA5083 and AA1050

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Metallurgical structure, mechanical properties and electrochemical behavior of dissimilar friction stir welding (FSW) between structural AA5083 and AA1050 alloys were investigated in this study. Optical microscopy and field emission scanning electron microscopy observations showed that the nugget zone (NZ) possesses equiaxed recrystallized grains of the two alloys with a flowing shape. Energy-dispersive spectroscopy analysis revealed that NZ is mainly composed of the advancing side alloy. The ultimate tensile and yield strengths of the dissimilar FSW joint were higher than those of AA1050 and lower than those of AA5083. Consequently, fracture occurred on AA1050 side during the tensile tests. The potentiodynamic polarization (PDP) results revealed that the passive current density of the FSW joint was in between that of AA1050 and AA5083. A modified Randles equivalent circuit was used to simulate the obtained experimental data of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements. The acquired impedance parameters were in good agreement with the PDP measurements.

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Acknowledgements

This study is financially supported by the Dr. A. Fattah-alhosseini’s Research Lab at Department of Materials Engineering, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran. The authors are grateful for these supports. Also, M. Naseri and D. Gholami acknowledge support for the FSW facilities and simulation provided in part by the Materials Processing Simulation Lab (MPSLab), School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.

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  1. Department of Materials Engineering, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, 65178-38695, Iran

    A. Fattah-alhosseini & O. Imantalab

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

    M. Naseri

  3. School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran

    D. Gholami

  4. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

    F. R. Attarzadeh

  5. Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C5, Canada

    M. K. Keshavarz

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Fattah-alhosseini, A., Naseri, M., Gholami, D. et al. Microstructure and corrosion characterization of the nugget region in dissimilar friction-stir-welded AA5083 and AA1050. J Mater Sci 54, 777–790 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-2820-4

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