Influence of Exposure to Environment on Degradation of a Friction Stir Welded Aluminum Alloy

We carried out a comparative study on both the stress corrosion response and corrosion damage characteristics of aluminum alloy 2219, both the base material and a friction stir welding (FSW) counterpart upon exposure to exfoliation corrosion (EXCO) solution. The results reveal that the test specimen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shengli Lv, Zhi Li, Xiaosheng Gao, Tirumalai S. Srivatsan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Metals
Subjects:
FSW
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/10/11/1437