Protective Effect of Hard Film Corrosion Inhibitor on Galvanic Coupling Corrosion of Titanium Alloy Fasteners
Received:September 25, 2023  Revised:December 29, 2023
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DOI:10.7643/issn.1672-9242.2024.03.005
KeyWord:titanium alloy  aluminum alloy  fastener  galvanic coupling corrosion  corrosion inhibitor  corrosion protection
                    
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LIU Shuqian Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Group Co., Ltd., Chengdu , China
WEN Mao Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Group Co., Ltd., Chengdu , China
WANG Shanling Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Group Co., Ltd., Chengdu , China
XU Bin Southwest Institute of Technology and Engineering, Chongqing , China
LUO Dan Southwest Institute of Technology and Engineering, Chongqing , China
WANG Maochuan Southwest Institute of Technology and Engineering, Chongqing , China
ZHONG Yong Southwest Institute of Technology and Engineering, Chongqing , China
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      The work aims to study the effect of YTF-3 hard-film corrosion inhibitor on the galvanic coupling corrosion of the assembly consisting of TC4 bolts, stainless steel nuts, 7050 aluminum alloy and TC4 titanium alloy sandwich plate. The hard film corrosion inhibitor was utilized for the overall corrosion protection treatment of titanium alloy fasteners and sandwich plates, the salt spray accelerated corrosion test was carried out to the fasteners and sandwich plates. In the test, the gear groove bolts and the self-locking nuts without lug pallets were installed and connected to carry out the natural environment accelerated corrosion test, and the corrosion of the bolts and nuts as well as the sandwich plate was photographed and examined and evaluated by the image processing method. The mechanical properties of the titanium alloy bolts before and after the corrosion were comparatively analyzed by the room temperature tensile test. After the corrosion test, the average corrosion area of TC4 bolts and aluminum alloy assemblies with brushed corrosion inhibitor area was smaller than that of the unbrushed corrosion inhibitor area. Stainless steel nuts and TC4 titanium alloy assemblies with brush-coated corrosion inhibitor areas showed obvious wrinkles and breakage. The maximum pull-off load of titanium alloy bolts before and after the test was compared and found to have decreased by only 0.5%. Aluminum alloy sandwich plate will suffer galvanic coupling corrosion, and YTF-3 corrosion inhibitor can effectively isolate the corrosive medium penetration into the fixed gap, significantly alleviating the galvanic coupling corrosion, while titanium alloy bolts in the accelerated corrosion test do not have obvious corrosion, and the mechanical properties of the mechanical properties are not significantly changed.
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