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Liu, Y, Arenas, M, De Frutos, A, De Damborenea, J, Conde, A, Skeldon, P, Thompson, G, Bailey, Paul and Noakes, T. C. Q. (2008) Influence of nitric acid pre-treatment on Al–Cu alloys. Electrochimica Acta, 53 (13). pp. 4454-4460. ISSN 0013-4686
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The enrichment of copper alloying additions near the surface of sputtering-deposited Al–1.3 at.%Cu, Al–2.7 at.%Cu and Al–30 at.%Cu alloys is investigated following immersion in nitric acid, which is used commercially as a de-smutting pre-treatment. Corrosion of the alloys is revealed at rates in the range 4–13 nm min−1, leading to enrichment of copper in the alloy surface regions. Enrichments are also generated by nitric acid treatment of AA2024-T3 and AA7075-T6 alloys, with levels similar to those achieved by etching in sodium hydroxide solution. Conventional durations of de-smutting treatments in nitric acid have minor influences on the magnitude of enrichment.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QD Chemistry |
| Schools: | School of Applied Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Sharon Beastall |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jan 2012 09:55 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2012 09:49 |
| URI: | http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/12442 |
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