Study of the Corrosion Resistance of Ship Aluminium Alloys

This article presents a summary of years of research of corrosion resistance and corrosive-stress marine materials and their joints. Aluminium alloys and marine steels including the austenitic have been the subject of research in terms of resistance of these materials for electrochemical corrosion in sea environment. Under certain conditions austenitic steels and aluminium alloys show low susceptibility to corrosion due to the protective oxide film which form itself spontaneously on their surfaces and which became a part of monitoring corrosion of these materials. Unfortunately, the real conditions of ship structures loads and the impact conditions of the sea environment show the need to search for the new materials or to modify those already used in order to increase their corrosive-stress resistance. The welded joints of the above mentioned materials were the special subject of corrosive research and nowadays their friction stir welding joints. Modifying the structure of the origin materials by the alloyed elements, changing the parameters of the heat treatment, using the suitable protective paints or selection of the proper adhesives to connect these materials are the methods used in the following research to increase the corrosion resistance of the aluminium alloys. However, monitoring corrosion based on the patent US 2167 23 states a particular point of these research.