Corrosion and Serration Behaviors of TiZr0.5NbCr0.5VxMoy High Entropy Alloys in Aqueous Environments

The corrosion and serration behaviors of TiZr0.5NbCr0.5, TiZr0.5NbCr0.5V and TiZr0.5NbCr0.5Mo high entropy alloys (HEAs) in NaCl and H2SO4 solutions were studied by potentiodynamic polarizations (PP) and immersion tests. The results show that all the alloys display excellent corrosion resistance no matter in NaCl solution or in H2SO4 solution. The additions of V and Mo increase the pitting corrosion resistance for the three alloys in NaCl solution slightly and greatly improve the corrosion resistance in H2SO4 solution. The corrosion behaviors of TiZr0.5NbCr0.5 and TiZr0.5NbCr0.5Mo alloys are more sensitive to temperature than that of TiZr0.5NbCr0.5V alloy. After immersion, the surface of TiZr0.5NbCr0.5 alloy appears some pitting holes, this may be related to the electrochemical noise and serration behavior on PP curves; localized corrosion initiates mainly on the boundaries of the BCC and Cr2Zr Laves phase for TiZr0.5NbCr0.5V alloy; while for the TiZr0.5NbCr0.5Mo alloy, the dendrites with Mo element rich region exhibit poor corrosion resistance.

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