Peipei Huang, P. Howlett, M. Forsyth
Mar 1, 2014
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Corrosion Science
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Abstract Trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide ([P6,6,6,14][NTf2]) ionic liquid is shown to react with AA5083 aluminium alloy under a two-step anodic polarisation, leading to partial passivation of the surface. Surface characterisation established that an electrochemical etching process had occurred, comparable to acid etching of aluminium. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results indicated that magnesium de-alloyed from Mg2Si intermetallic particles and metal fluorides were deposited onto the remaining Mg2Si sites, leading to a decrease in the anodic corrosion kinetics (to one third of that of the control) as well as a 100 mV vs. SCE increase in the corrosion and pitting potentials.