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Effect of sulfate-reduced bacteria on corrosion and electrochemical behaviors of LY6 Al alloy

  • Songmei Li*
  • , Jianhua Liu
  • , Xin Liang
  • , Xiaoli Jia
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

The open-circuit potential, potentiodynamic scanning polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) were employed to analyze the corrosion behaviors of LY6 Al alloy in solutions with and without sulfate reduced bacteria (SRB). It was shown that SRB accelerated the corrosion rate of LY6 Al alloy, and the corrosion rate of dynamic test sample was larger than that of static test sample. The open-circuit potential shifted negatively with the time. The shifted values are 0.26 V (SCE) and 0.16 V (SCE) in solution with and without SRB respectively. The range of apparent pitting potential obtained from anodic polarization is -0.6∼0.2 V (SCE). It was found that polarization resistance decreases with the increase of the time based on EIS results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1013-1016
Number of pages4
JournalBeijing Hangkong Hangtian Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Volume30
Issue number10
StatePublished - Oct 2004

Keywords

  • Aluminium alloys
  • Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
  • Sulfate-reducing bacteria

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