Light Weight Metal Corrosion and Modeling for Corrosion Prevention, Life Prediction and Assessment Edited by Stefano P. Trasatti Juliet Ippolito Light Weight Metal Corrosion and Modeling for Corrosion Prevention, Life Prediction and Assessment Selected peer reviewed papers from the 2nd Workshop on Corrosion Modeling for Life Prediction (CMLP 2010), Rome, Italy, 18 to 20 April 2010, held under the auspices of the Office of Naval Research Global and the Università degli Studi di Milano. Edited by Stefano P. Trasatti Juliet Ippolito TRANS TECH PUBLICATIONS LTD Switzerland • UK • USA Copyright 2010 Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher. 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Dr. Joseph Wells Associate Director for Materials Science & Engineering U.S. Office of Naval Research Global Ruislip, Middx U.K. Scientific Committee Co-Chairs International: Dr. Vinod Agarwala Senior Staff Scientist and Esteemed Fellow Air Vehicle Engineering Department Naval Air Systems Command, U.S. Navy Patuxent River, MD U.S.A. European: Dr. Stefano Trasatti Head – CMP Laboratory Dept. of Physical and Electrical Chemistry Università degli Studi di Milano Milan, Italy Workshop Organizer and Point of Contact Ms. Juliet Ippolito E.A.A.T. snc Naples, Italy Scientific Advisors Mr. Theo Hack Dept. of Metallic Technologies and Surface Engineering EADS Innovation Works Munich, Germany Prof. Krzysztof J. Kurzydlowski Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Dr. Antony Trueman, Defence Science and Technology Organisation Victoria, Australia Webmaster and Graphics Dr. Edoardo Guerrini Dept. of Physical chemistry and Electrochemisty Università degli Studi di Milano Milan, Italy Preface This volume contains some of the contributions presented at the 2nd Workshop on Corrosion Modeling for Life Prediction (CMLP 2010), Rome, Italy, 18 to 20 April 2010, held under the auspices of the Office of Naval Research Global and the Università degli Studi di Milano. In organizing the workshop every effort was made to invite corrosionists working in the field of lightweight alloys and dealing with modelling. Their expertise provided a base to discuss corrosion problems and solutions for Military and Aerospace Systems and Facilities, thus laying the foundations for tackling still unsolved issues. The use of lightweight metals and composites to replace heavy structural materials for military hardware and weapon systems (ships, aircraft, ground vehicles, etc.) is a new strategic requirement for defence forces, falling under Naval S&T Strategic Plans. Objectives of the workshop were to seek the state of the art outside the continental United States in the field of low density metallic materials and composites for structural applications, as well as in modeling and simulation software tools capable of generating and identifying damage evolution data for health monitoring, corrosion control, life prediction and assessment of civil and military hardware systems. We would like to use this opportunity to gratefully acknowledge the invaluable contribution, to make the Workshop a success, of all those participating in this venture, from the organizers to supporting institutions and companies, to speakers and attendees, as well as to the hotel staff, despite the volcanic eruption occurred in Island in the very days of this event. August 2010 Stefano P. Trasatti, Juliet Ippolito Table of Contents Sponsors, Acknowledgments, Organizing Committee Preface Enhancing the Localized Corrosion Resistance of High Strength 7010 Al-Alloy M.B. Kannan and V.S. Raja 1 Electrochemical Behavior of Nickel-Aluminum Alloys in Sodium Chloride Solutions K.V. Rybalka, L.A. Beketaeva, V.S. Shaldaev, N.G. Bukhan’ko and A.D. Davydov 7 Characterization of Bronze Corrosion Products on Exposition to Sulphur Dioxide B. De Filippo, L. Campanella, A. Brotzu, S. Natali and D. Ferro 21 Electrochemical Methods to Assist Corrosion Control of Lightweight Alloys M. Curioni and G.E. Thompson 29 Surface Protection for Aircraft Maintenance by Means of Zinc Rich Primers G. Bockmair and K. Kranzeder 41 Thin, Nanoparticulate Coatings for the Improvement of the Corrosion and Passivation Behavior of AZ Magnesium Alloys F. Feil and W. Fürbeth 47 Electrochemical Characteristics of PEO Treated Electric Arc Coatings on Lightweight Alloys H.M. Nykyforchyn, V.I. Pokhmurskii, M.D. Klapkiv, M.M. Student and J. Ippolito 55 Hybrid Coatings Based on Conducting Polymers and Polysiloxane Chains for Corrosion Protection of Al Alloys M. Trueba, S.P. Trasatti and D.O. Flamini 63 A Composite Coating for Corrosion and Wear Protection of AM60B Magnesium Alloy A. da Forno and M. Bestetti 79 Continuum Damage Model for Biodegradable Magnesium Alloy Stent D. Gastaldi, V. Sassi, L. Petrini, M. Vedani, S.P. Trasatti and F. Migliavacca 85 Prediction of Morphological Properties of Smart-Coatings for Cr Replacement, Based on Mathematical Modelling B. Bozzini, I. Sgura, D. Lacitignola, C. Mele, M. Marchitto and A. Ciliberto 93 Understanding Nanoscale Wetting Using Dynamic Local Contact Angle Method M. Losada, K. Mackie, J.H. Osborne and S. Chaudhuri 107 Two-Dimensional Numerical Modelling of Hydrogen Diffusion in Metals Assisted by Both Stress and Strain J. Toribio, V. Kharin, D. Vergara and M. Lorenzo 117 Approach to Iron Corrosion via the Numerical Simulation of a Galvanic Cell G. Colicchio, D. Mansutti and M.L. Santarelli 127 Prognostic Tools for Lifetime Prediction of Aircraft Coatings: Paint Degradation J.M. Colwell, J.H. Khan, G. Will, K.E. Fairfull-Smith, S.E. Bottle, G.A. George and A. Trueman 137