Galvanic Corrosion Behavior of 6082 Aluminum Alloy Coupled to SUS304 in Simulated Water Circumstance with Various Salt Concentrations

Suibo Zhao; Chuntang Yu; Wei Zhang; Wanqi Pu; Lin Chen; Min Feng; Chengyang Jiang

doi:10.1007/s11665-026-14025-4

Galvanic Corrosion Behavior of 6082 Aluminum Alloy Coupled to SUS304 in Simulated Water Circumstance with Various Salt Concentrations

Suibo Zhao
, Chuntang Yu^*
, Wei Zhang
, Wanqi Pu
, Lin Chen
, Min Feng
, Chengyang Jiang

^*Corresponding author for this work

Hangzhou International Innovation Institute

Chongqing Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The galvanic corrosion behavior of 6082 aluminum alloy coupled to SUS304 was assessed in various NaCl solutions to simulate the various salt water environments. Results showed that the 6082/SUS304 couple was composed of macro-couple (6082/SUS304) and micro-couple (Mg₂Si or Al(Mn, Fe, Cr, Cu) Si coupled to α-Al), and the galvanic corrosion process intensified with the increased NaCl concentration, especially the Mg₂Si micro-couple experienced a polarity reversal. The erosive effect of Cl⁻ induced the corrosion products to exhibit an evolution tendency of “Al₂O₃ → Al(OH)₃ → Al(OH)_3−xCl_x → AlCl₃”. Furthermore, the distributions of potential and current susceptible to the 6082/SUS304 structure were simulated by COMSOL (FEM) and the mechanisms were discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	29981-29997
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
Volume	35
Issue number	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-026-14025-4
State	Published - Aug 2026

Keywords

6082
corrosion products, FEM
electrode reversal
galvanic corrosion

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