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Microstructure and Corrosion Resistance of a Novel AlNiLa Lightweight Medium Entropy Amorphous Alloy Composites

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A new type of lightweight AlNiLa medium entropy amorphous alloy composite ribbons (labled as MEAAC ribbons) were prepared by vacuum arc melting technology and high-speed single roller melt-spinning method. The microstructure and thermal stability of MEAAC ribbons were examined using X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimeter, and scanning electron microscope. Meanwhile, the hardness and surface roughness of these ribbons were measured by Vickers microhardness tester and atomic force microscope. The potentiodynamic polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) were applied to investigate the corrosion behavior of these MEAAC ribbons in simulated seawater (3.5wt% NaCl corrosive solution) at room temperature. The results demonstrate that AlNiLa MEAAC ribbons in the as-received state are mainly composed of amorphous phase and intermetallic compounds. The hardness values of all melt-spun ribbons are above 310 HV0.1. With the increase of Al content, the linear polarization resistances of four various AlNiLa MEAAC ribbons are negligibly different numerically. It is also found that Al45Ni27.5La27.5 MEAAC ribbons have the most positive corrosion potential and the smallest corrosion current density at the same time; hence it may be a kind of potential material for metal surface protection in harsh ocean environment.

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Acknowledgements

This work is supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2018YFC1902400) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51975582). TEM characterization was provided using the equipment of the eceshi (u]www.eceshi.com), and the authors are very grateful for Dr. Xu from the eceshi. The authors would also like to thank Cheng Haowan, Ma Qiannan and Wei Feng from Shiyanjia Lab (u]www.shiyanjia.com) for the XRD, AFM, and SEM characterization tests.

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Funded by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2018YFC1902400), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51975582) and the Natural Science Foundation of Bei**g, China (No.2212055)

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  1. Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, 316021, China

    Shuyan Zhang  (张舒研), Yangyang Gao  (高洋洋) & **ubing Liang  (梁秀兵)

  2. Defense Innovation Institute, Academy of Military Sciences of the PLA of China, Bei**g, 100071, China

    Shuyan Zhang  (张舒研), Zhibin Zhang, **n Wang & **ubing Liang  (梁秀兵)

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials, Southeast University, Nan**g, 211189, China

    Baolong Shen

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Zhang, S., Zhang, Z., Gao, Y. et al. Microstructure and Corrosion Resistance of a Novel AlNiLa Lightweight Medium Entropy Amorphous Alloy Composites. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 37, 1185–1191 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-022-2651-7

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