The corrosion of structural materials is a great challenge for the applications of a molten salt reactor using molten fluorides. In this paper, electrochemical behavior of pure Fe, Ni and Cr has been investigated in molten (Li,Na,K)F at 973 K by potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The experimental results indicated that three metals are all in active state at the corrosion potential, with an increase in the corrosion potential by the following order: Cr, Fe, Ni. The free corrosion current density of Ni is more than one order of magnitude lower than that of Fe and Cr. A Warburg impedance was observed in the impedance plots for the corrosion of Cr, but not for Ni and Fe. Ni is the most stable metal, then Fe and Cr, and the corrosion of Cr is controlled by the diffusion of oxidants in the melt.
In this study, a vanadium (V) and tannic acid-based composite conversion coating (VTACC) was prepared on 6063 aluminum alloy (AA6063) to increase its corrosion resistance. The surface morphology and compositions of the VTACCs were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The corrosion resistance of the coatings was investigated by linear polarization and electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS). The self-healing ability of the coating was detected by SEM, EDS, and scanning vibrating electrode technique (SVET) measurements. The coating mainly consisted of metal oxides, including Al2O3, VO2, V2O3, and V2O5, and metal organic complexes (Al and V-complexes). The electrochemical measurement results indicated that the best corrosion resistance of VTACC was acquired when the treatment time was 12 min. Furthermore, because a new coating with vanadium rich oxide was developed on the scratch area, artificial scratch VTACC surfaces were repaired after several days of immersion in 3.5-wt% NaCl solution.
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