Editors: | F. Kongoli, R. Singh, F. Wang |
Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
Publication Year: | 2022 |
Pages: | 91 pages |
ISBN: | 978-1-989820-44-5(CD) |
ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
In this study[1], we investigated the galvanic corrosion performance of an Aluminum–Boron Nitride (Al–BN) abradable seal coating system (with a Ni5Al bond layer and a 0Cr17Ni4Cu4Nb substrate) in chloride solution by electrochemical methods. Galvanic interaction of the coating system during corrosion has been confirmed, while the Al–BN layer assumes anodic character, while the bond NiAl and substrate act as cathodes. Negative difference effect (NDE)[2] was tested during the anodic dissolution of Al-BN top layer, which indicated that about 13% of the anodic current of the Al–BN layer was compensated by hydrogen evolution by NDE. In addition, a three-stage process occurred during the anodic dissolution of the coupled coating system, consisting of a spontaneous pitting stage I under charge transfer control with a decreasing rate, a corrosion developing stage ІІ under mass transfer control with an increasing rate, and a final steady stage III. Precipitation of Al(OH)3 restricts[3] the oxygen transport process to the cathode and induces localized acidification of the occluded pores of the Al–BN layer, which was the mechanism that could explain the changes of corrosion performance during the three immersion stages of Al–BN coating system. The study suggests that galvanic corrosion of the porous multi-layer Al–BN abradable coating system is mostly influenced by its corrosion product deposition.