Citric Acid as an Alternative to Sulfuric Acid for the Hard-Anodizing of AA6061

Hard-anodized is a widely used method in the aeronautical sector to improve aluminum alloys abrasion and corrosion resistance. Aim of this work was to characterize the mechanical properties and resistance hard-anodized aluminum 6061 in citric acid solution as a replacement sulfuric acid solution wer...

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Autores principales: José Cabral-Miramontes, Facundo Almeraya-Calderón, Francisco Estupinán López, María Lara Banda, Javier Olguín-Coca, Luis Daimir López-León, Ivan Castañeda-Robles, Miguel Ángel Esneider Alcalá, Patricia Zambrano-Robledo, Citlalli Gaona-Tiburcio
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8d5c7a027e784e56973fb9fc95351fbc2021-11-25T18:22:19ZCitric Acid as an Alternative to Sulfuric Acid for the Hard-Anodizing of AA606110.3390/met111118382075-4701https://doaj.org/article/8d5c7a027e784e56973fb9fc95351fbc2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/11/11/1838https://doaj.org/toc/2075-4701Hard-anodized is a widely used method in the aeronautical sector to improve aluminum alloys abrasion and corrosion resistance. Aim of this work was to characterize the mechanical properties and resistance hard-anodized aluminum 6061 in citric acid solution as a replacement sulfuric acid solution were investigated. Aluminum alloy 6061 was used as the base material to produce the hard anodizing; this process was carried out in a citric and sulfuric acid solution, applying current densities 3 and 4.5 A/cm<sup>2</sup> and subsequently exposed to 3.5 wt. % NaCl solution. Microstructure and mechanical properties of the anodizing material were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Vickers microhardness (HV). Corrosion behavior of the hard-anodized material it was carried out with electrochemical techniques as cyclic potentiodynamic polarization (CPP) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) respectively. Results obtained indicated that all samples anodized in citric acid solution showed negative hysteresis and lower corrosion current density (1 × 10<sup>−10</sup> A/cm<sup>2</sup>), indicating generalized corrosion on the material surface. EIS results show that anodizing in citric acid solution and a current density of 4.5 A/dm<sup>2</sup> provides better corrosion protection than a sulfuric acid solution.José Cabral-MiramontesFacundo Almeraya-CalderónFrancisco Estupinán LópezMaría Lara BandaJavier Olguín-CocaLuis Daimir López-LeónIvan Castañeda-RoblesMiguel Ángel Esneider AlcaláPatricia Zambrano-RobledoCitlalli Gaona-TiburcioMDPI AGarticlealuminum alloycorrosionEISenvironmentally friendlycitric acidMining engineering. MetallurgyTN1-997ENMetals, Vol 11, Iss 1838, p 1838 (2021)
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topic aluminum alloy
corrosion
EIS
environmentally friendly
citric acid
Mining engineering. Metallurgy
TN1-997
spellingShingle aluminum alloy
corrosion
EIS
environmentally friendly
citric acid
Mining engineering. Metallurgy
TN1-997
José Cabral-Miramontes
Facundo Almeraya-Calderón
Francisco Estupinán López
María Lara Banda
Javier Olguín-Coca
Luis Daimir López-León
Ivan Castañeda-Robles
Miguel Ángel Esneider Alcalá
Patricia Zambrano-Robledo
Citlalli Gaona-Tiburcio
Citric Acid as an Alternative to Sulfuric Acid for the Hard-Anodizing of AA6061
description Hard-anodized is a widely used method in the aeronautical sector to improve aluminum alloys abrasion and corrosion resistance. Aim of this work was to characterize the mechanical properties and resistance hard-anodized aluminum 6061 in citric acid solution as a replacement sulfuric acid solution were investigated. Aluminum alloy 6061 was used as the base material to produce the hard anodizing; this process was carried out in a citric and sulfuric acid solution, applying current densities 3 and 4.5 A/cm<sup>2</sup> and subsequently exposed to 3.5 wt. % NaCl solution. Microstructure and mechanical properties of the anodizing material were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Vickers microhardness (HV). Corrosion behavior of the hard-anodized material it was carried out with electrochemical techniques as cyclic potentiodynamic polarization (CPP) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) respectively. Results obtained indicated that all samples anodized in citric acid solution showed negative hysteresis and lower corrosion current density (1 × 10<sup>−10</sup> A/cm<sup>2</sup>), indicating generalized corrosion on the material surface. EIS results show that anodizing in citric acid solution and a current density of 4.5 A/dm<sup>2</sup> provides better corrosion protection than a sulfuric acid solution.
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author José Cabral-Miramontes
Facundo Almeraya-Calderón
Francisco Estupinán López
María Lara Banda
Javier Olguín-Coca
Luis Daimir López-León
Ivan Castañeda-Robles
Miguel Ángel Esneider Alcalá
Patricia Zambrano-Robledo
Citlalli Gaona-Tiburcio
author_facet José Cabral-Miramontes
Facundo Almeraya-Calderón
Francisco Estupinán López
María Lara Banda
Javier Olguín-Coca
Luis Daimir López-León
Ivan Castañeda-Robles
Miguel Ángel Esneider Alcalá
Patricia Zambrano-Robledo
Citlalli Gaona-Tiburcio
author_sort José Cabral-Miramontes
title Citric Acid as an Alternative to Sulfuric Acid for the Hard-Anodizing of AA6061
title_short Citric Acid as an Alternative to Sulfuric Acid for the Hard-Anodizing of AA6061
title_full Citric Acid as an Alternative to Sulfuric Acid for the Hard-Anodizing of AA6061
title_fullStr Citric Acid as an Alternative to Sulfuric Acid for the Hard-Anodizing of AA6061
title_full_unstemmed Citric Acid as an Alternative to Sulfuric Acid for the Hard-Anodizing of AA6061
title_sort citric acid as an alternative to sulfuric acid for the hard-anodizing of aa6061
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/8d5c7a027e784e56973fb9fc95351fbc
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