Metallurgical aspects of the corrosion resistance of 7000 series aluminum alloys – a review
02 mar 2024
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Publicado en línea: 02 mar 2024
Páginas: 159 - 180
Recibido: 14 ene 2024
Aceptado: 09 feb 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2023-0041
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© 2023 Marzena Małgorzata Lachowicz, published by Sciendo
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Fig. 1.
![Effect of selected alloying elements on the standard potential of a solid aluminum solution [19]. The effect of zinc is marked in red](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/658adac679f7550bc9ea18c5/j_msp-2023-0041_fig_001.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250915%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250915T062822Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=36d436cb38a378aaba4b902a2de7f42a4142f4348f9fda1ceda5024a2d28ef58&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Fig. 2.

Fig. 3.
![A diagram presenting the effect of the phases in the strengthening of 7000 alloys [61]](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/658adac679f7550bc9ea18c5/j_msp-2023-0041_fig_003.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250915%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250915T062822Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=77c926157fb70c0d21970a68881fce82729dc823aec81f7f72c6615511b31d35&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Fig. 4.
![A scheme of the consecutive stages of corrosion in the case of the occurrence in the microstructure of isolated precipitates of phase Zn2Mg, anodic with respect to the aluminum solid solution [15]](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/658adac679f7550bc9ea18c5/j_msp-2023-0041_fig_004.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250915%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250915T062822Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=295949363a2e10f7565f3c2fd760edcdef5e342afef45d254cb99cd21fefa32f&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Fig. 5.
![(a) Microscopic image (SEM) of the surface of an AW 7020 alloy sample after electrochemical tests ended at the potential of +250 mV with respect to Ecorr. Visible lower intensity of corrosion processes in PFZ [15]; (b) a magnified fragment of the area from (a) in the PFZ zone [author’s own unpublished research]](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/658adac679f7550bc9ea18c5/j_msp-2023-0041_fig_005.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250915%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250915T062822Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=b8231cb0f35cfa02d63cf7bd3356e1e7ad798f9414a0d87fc054dfec9895970b&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Fig. 6.
![Effect of the aging time on the strength and SCC resistance of 7000 alloys [64]](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/658adac679f7550bc9ea18c5/j_msp-2023-0041_fig_006.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250915%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250915T062822Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=c6cc261ccd8d3028cc06187301fcfc3dbeba7ef258ea97884bacf73b21e14c7d&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Fig. 7.
![(a) Advanced intergranular corrosion of grains deformed in the metal working direction on a longitudinal section with respect to the metal working direction; (b) surface corrosion observed on a cross section with respect to the metal working direction. Light microscopy, etched state [author’s own unpublished research]](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/658adac679f7550bc9ea18c5/j_msp-2023-0041_fig_007.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250915%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250915T062822Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=3d97c509975d0be96227a93a20776dbe1fbca33c781fc053ba051bc836e906c5&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Fig. 8.
![Exemplary potentiodynamic polarization curves obtained for copperless alloy AW7020 and copper containing alloy AW7075 [15]](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/658adac679f7550bc9ea18c5/j_msp-2023-0041_fig_008.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250915%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250915T062822Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=edda78c373e1c216e8db9c87d5f9f8cceae9caefba3912d4ea2e18ecacc7a13c&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Fig. 9.
![SEM image illustrating the different degrees of corrosion advancement in different areas of a welded joint made on alloy AW 7020 [author’s own unpublished research]](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/658adac679f7550bc9ea18c5/j_msp-2023-0041_fig_009.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250915%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250915T062822Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=fd105ad975d41dcb8b33955246a54cd753ca108656b26b6875701ee34ce5a313&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)