Effect of pulsed magnetic treatment on the corrosion of titanium

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Materials Science and Technology on 17 March 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02670836.2017.1302141.Results of corrosion tests of titanium in the initial state and after treatment using pulsed magnetic field are presented. It is shown that samples after treatment have better corrosion resistance due to the formation of denser and finer corrosion products with better adhesion to the substrate. Samples after treatment have more homogeneous microstructure due to a substantial increase of dislocations which are uniformly distributed. Mechanisms of dislocation multiplication and a model explaining the effect of the treatment on the corrosion are discussed.Peer reviewe

Effect of high-density current electropulsing on corrosion cracking of titanium aluminide intermetallic

© 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is the accepted manuscript version of an article which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/maco.202012253The effect of electropulsing on the corrosion cracking of titanium aluminide produced by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis has been investigated. The electropulsing treatment led to improved corrosion resistance in sodium fluoride solution and also eliminated corrosion cracking at the α2/γ interface during corrosion in a solution of nitric and hydrofluoric acids. This behavior was attributed to thermal and athermal effects resulting from electropulsing and leading to the interaction of conduction electrons with the defect structure. The effect of magnetic field accompanying electropusling on depinning of dislocations also has been discussed. Support for this is provided on the basis of X-ray diffraction analysis and microhardness testing.Peer reviewedFinal Accepted Versio