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Corrosion behavior of single- and poly-crystalline dual-phase TiAl-Ti3Al alloy in NaCl solution

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To clarify the correlation of single-crystalline structure with corrosion performance in high-strength TiAl alloys, electrochemical and surface characterization was performed by comparing Ti-45Al-8Nb dual-phase single crystals with their polycrystalline counterparts in NaCl solution. Polarization curves show a lower corrosion rate and a higher pitting potential of ∼280 mV for the dual-phase single crystals. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and potentiostatic polarization plots revealed a higher impedance of the charge transfer through the compact passive film. Surface composition analysis indicated a compact film with more content of Nb, as twice as that in the film on the polycrystals. Our results reflect that the dual-phase Ti-45Al-8Nb single crystals possess a higher corrosion resistance in NaCl solution, compared with their polycrystalline counterpart, arising from a more homogeneous microstructure and composition distribution.

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This work was financially supported by the CityU internal supports under “The Structural Material Development Funding” program (No. CityU 7004894), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51901086 and 51731006), and Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (Nos. BK20190977 and BK 20180984).

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    Dongpeng Wang, Yuxin Wang, Yanxin Qiao & Zhenguang Liu

  2. Centre for Advanced Structural Materials, Department of Mechanical and Biomechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China

    Dongpeng Wang, Anding Wang & Chain Tsuan Liu

  3. Engineering Research Center of Materials Behavior and Design, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China

    Guang Chen & Zhixiang Qi

  4. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, China

    Anding Wang

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Wang, D., Chen, G., Wang, A. et al. Corrosion behavior of single- and poly-crystalline dual-phase TiAl-Ti3Al alloy in NaCl solution. Int J Miner Metall Mater 30, 689–696 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-022-2513-5

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