Corrosion inhibition of aluminium alloy AA6063-T5 by vanadates: Local surface chemical events elucidated by confocal Raman micro-spectroscopy

Dmitry S. Kharitonov*, Jens Sommertune, Cem Örnek, Jacek Ryl, Irina I. Kurilo, Per M. Claesson, Jinshan Pan

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Abstract

Chemical interactions between aqueous vanadium species and aluminium alloy AA6063-T5 were investigated in vanadate-containing NaCl solutions. Confocal Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy experiments were utilised to gain insight into the mechanism of corrosion inhibition by vanadates. A greenish-grey coloured surface layer, consisting of V+4 and V+5 polymerized species, was seen to form on the alloy surface, especially on top of cathodic micrometre-sized IMPs, whereby suppressing oxygen reduction kinetics. The results suggest a two-step mechanism of corrosion inhibition in which V+5 species are first reduced to V+4 or V+3 species above cathodic IMPs, and then oxidized to mixed-valence V+5/V+4 polymerized compounds.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)237-250
Number of pages14
JournalCorrosion Science
Volume148
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2019
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • A. Alloy
  • A. Aluminium
  • B. Raman spectroscopy
  • B. SEM
  • B. XPS
  • C. Vanadate inhibitor

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