Study for Corrosion and Hydrogen Evolution Behavior of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy in Simulated Acid Rain Water

The electrochemical behavior of Ti-6Al-4V alloy was investigated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements at the open circuit potentials and potentiodynamic polarization measurements in a simulated acid rain containing inorganic additives. The ac circuit model for Ti-6Al-4V alloy at corrosion interface in simulated acid rain containing inorganic additives was proposed, which was based on two time constants equivalent circuit. Ti-6Al-4V alloy in a simulated acid rain of pH 1.5 containing inorganic additives showed a characteristic of a capacitive behavior. The effect of different concentrations of the inorganic additives (iodate, dichromate, phosphate, and nitrate) on the corrosion of the alloy in acid rain water (ARW) was also studied. It was found that the corrosion rate decreases drastically in the solution containing iodate, dichromate, and phosphate anions; however, nitrate anions increase the corrosion rate of the alloy. The investigated inorganic additives had inhibiting effect on the corrosion of the alloy in ARW, and their efficiency decreases according to the order: iodate > dichromate > phosphate > blank > nitrate. Polarization data results are in good agreement with EIS.