CORROSION OF RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED NEODYMIUM-IRON-BORON (ND-FE-B) PERMANENT-MAGNETS AND PROTECTION VIA SACRIFICIAL ZINC COATINGS

被引:27
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作者
ATTANASIO, SA
LATANISION, RM
机构
[1] H.H. Uhlig Corrosion Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
来源
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING | 1995年 / 198卷 / 1-2期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
CORROSION; ND-FE-B; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SACRIFICIAL ZINC COATINGS;
D O I
10.1016/0921-5093(95)80055-Y
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
Rapidly solidified Nd-Fe-B alloys were found to corrode actively at open circuit in aerated Na2SO4 and NaCl at 30 degrees C and 80 degrees C. Estimated penetration rates (greater than 27 mil year(-1)) indicate the need for corrosion control methods. The use of sacrificial zinc coatings in controlling the corrosion of Nd-Fe-B alloys may have previously been overlooked because of two potential limitations: incomplete protection and hydrogen damage. The electrochemical activity of Nd may prevent zinc from providing complete sacrificial protection to Nd-Fe-B at breaks in the coating, and cracking could occur when hydrogen production is galvanically stimulated on Nd-Fe-B at breaks in the coating. This study focuses on the evaluation of the protection conferred to Nd-Fe-B when a Zn/Nd-Fe-B galvanic couple is formed due to coating penetration. Quantitative solution analysis was used to demonstrate that the dissolution of Nd, Fe and B is essentially prevented by the galvanic coupling of Nd-Fe-B to zinc in NaCl at 25 degrees C. Galvanic coupling to zinc also reduces the rate of environmentally assisted cracking of Nd-Fe-B. Sacrificial zinc coatings appear to be a viable, cost-effective corrosion control method for Nd-Fe-B, and the limitations described above should not preclude their use in this application.
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