Effects of chromic acid anodizing on fatigue behavior of 7050 T7451 aluminum alloy

2021-09-01
Ilhan, Cagri
Gürbüz, Rıza
The effect of chromic acid anodizing (CAA) surface treatment on 7050 T7451 aluminum alloy was presented in this study in terms of fatigue behavior. CAA is a treatment against corrosion by producing aluminum oxide layer (Al2O3) at the surface. However, fatigue performance of 7050 T7451 is affected by the coating. In this study, eight different CAA processes were examined with regard to etching stage of pre-treatments by using an alkaline etchant and/or acid etchants with various immersion times. Optical microscopic examinations were applied in order to determine pitting characteristics for the selection of CAA process parameters before fatigue tests. A CAA process was selected among eight processes in terms of pitting characteristics in order to apply fatigue specimens. Four fatigue test groups were determined to investigate bare condition of 7050 T7451 and sub-stages of the CAA particularly. Constant amplitude axial fatigue tests were conducted on specimens at 91 Hz at stress ratio (R) -1 until run-out criteria, which was 106 cycles. Fatigue life reduction was determined due to pretreatments of CAA. Fracture surfaces of the specimens were examined by scanning electron microscope (SEM) to investigate morphology and crack initiation sites.
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Citation Formats
C. Ilhan and R. Gürbüz, “Effects of chromic acid anodizing on fatigue behavior of 7050 T7451 aluminum alloy,” MATERIALS TESTING, vol. 63, no. 9, pp. 805–810, 2021, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/92645.