Análise da resistência a corrosão do aço carbono revestido com Al55-Zn após deformação mecânica e tratamento térmico

Abstract

Analysis of the corrosion resistance of the 55AI-Zn coating on carbon steel after mechanical deformation and heat treatment The atmospheric corrosion resistance of 55%Al-Zn alloy coating on average is twelve times that of an equal thickness of galvanized coating. However, it has been shown that microcracks were observed at all levels of strain under simple uniaxial tension. Our research has been focused on determining the degree of corrosion experienced by these coatings after deformation under simple tension or bending and how much the heat treatment at '200 DEGREES' or '360 DEGREES' for 16h can influence the corrosion resistance of the coating. The coated sheet samples were strained to 10% or 15% engineering strain while another group of samples was bent to bend angles of '90 DEGREES' or '180 DEGREES'. The corrosion resistance of the samples was evaluated trhough Tafel extrapolation and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy methods. As a result, it was observed that both the straining and the bending of the coating reduces its corrosion resistance. After the heat treatment at '360 DEGREES' the samples strained to 10% or 15% recover their corrosion resistance, but the specimens bended to '90 DEGREES' or '180 DEGREES' recuperate only partially the corrosion resistance after the heat treatments.