Accelerated corrosion exposure in ultra thin sheets of 2024 aircraft aluminium alloy for GLARE applications

Corrosion Science

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 289-300

  Alexopoulos, Nikolaos D ^a   Dalakouras, Charis J ^b   Skarvelis, Panagiotis ^b   Kourkoulis, Stavros K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

A. Aluminium alloys; B. SEM; C. Exfoliation corrosion; C. Hardening; C. Hydrogen embrittlement; C. Pitting corrosion

Indexed keywords

2024-T3 ALUMINIUM; ACCELERATED CORROSION; AIRCRAFT ALUMINIUM; CORROSION DEGRADATION; CORROSION PRODUCTS; CREVICE CORROSION; DOUBLE EXPOSURE; DOUBLE SIDED; DUCTILE-TO-BRITTLE TRANSITION; EXFOLIATION CORROSION; EXPOSURE TIME; HYDROGEN DIFFUSION; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; QUASI CLEAVAGE FRACTURE; SHEET ROLLING; SUB-SURFACES; SURFACE DETERIORATION; TENSILE FRACTURE SURFACES; TENSILE FRACTURES; TENSILE PROPERTIES DEGRADATION; TENSILE SPECIMENS; TRANSVERSE ROLLING; ULTRA-THIN;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM CORROSION; BRITTLE FRACTURE; DEGRADATION; DUCTILE FRACTURE; DUCTILITY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; PITTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 83555162527     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2011.10.032     Document Type: Article

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