Corrosion between the timing case and the crankcase into a Diesel engine / Estudo da corrosão entre a caixa de distribuição e o bloco de cilindros de um motor ciclo Diesel

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

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The present investigation has for purpose the study of the corrosion phenomenon between two components of Diesel engine, timing case (aluminum alloy AA A380.0) and crankcase (grey iron casting), and the study of alternatives for the decreasing of this corrosion. Measurement methods of potential galvanic difference, materials characterization and mass loss measurements had been used. The aluminum alloy that is currently used in the timing case presents greater potential difference with the crankcase when compared with the other Al alloys that was tested with the crankcase, with the potential difference around 200 mV. It has greater feasibility to the galvanic corrosion with the crankcase, acting as anode in the galvanic couple. AA 413 alloy presents lower potential difference (150 mV) in the galvanic couple with the crankcase, in comparison with AA A380.0 alloy. AA 410, 5052 and 1100 alloys, had been the alloys that had presented minor potential difference with the crankcase, around 45 mV. With the AA A380.0 protection in polymeric solution, the potential difference decreased to 165 mV. By the mass loss measurements AA A380.0 alloy, without galvanic couple, it was gotten chain density and corrosion rate, and consequently the mass loss of timing case appraised for 300.000 km that was around 7 g. Through the mass loss measurements AA A380.0 alloy, with formation of galvanic couple with crankcase, made possible appraise the corrosion mass loss for the timing case with 300,000 km that was around 100 g, evidencing the severity of the galvanic corrosion in the timing case in the galvanic couple with crankcase. For AA A380.0 alloy passivated in polymeric solution the mass loss appraised for timing case with 300,000 km was around 36 g and for AA 413 alloy it was around 57 g. For both alloys a significant improvement in the corrosion resistance, when compared with AA A380.0 alloy

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ligas de aluminio aluminio - corrosão diesel engine aluminum alloy aluminum motor diesel

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