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Stress Corrosion Cracking of Aeronautical Alloys Al6061-T6

Wednesday, 3 October 2018: 15:40
Universal 1 (Expo Center)
F. Almeraya (universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León), C. G. Tiburcio, P. Zambrano, F. Estupiñan-Lopez, J. A. Cabral (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León), R. Treviño Morales (Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon), and J. M. Bastidas (CENIM)
For the aeronautical industry corrosion has always been an important problem, especially within the aircraft maintenance, falling into great expenses to study and prevent the formation of it on some elements that are indispensable for the aircraft’s service. The external stresses or the existing loads joined with the atmospheric environment can promote degrading mechanisms that combined cause cracking on the material by means of tension and early failures. This phenomenon, called Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC), produce a great loss of mechanical strength, without evidence of the material’s damage and loss, but it can produce fast mechanical fracture and catastrophic failures. In this study the objective was to evaluate the used in aeronautical industry, Al6061-T6, to identify which one presents a better resistance to SCC in salt, caustic and acid environments. Mechanical tests were performed using low speeds on a CERT (Constant Extension Rate Test) machine, varying the environment, its pH and concentration. Simultaneously, the electrochemical noise tests were also performed to determine the corrosion rate and link the Stress-Deformation plots with the electrochemical patters recorded, giving results more complete and accurate to the behavior of the materials when in service.