Combined treatment method for improving corrosion resistance of metal component in chlorine-containing solution
11248299 · 2022-02-15
Assignee
- Institute of Laser and Optoelectronics Intelligent Manufacturing, Wenzhou University (Zhejiang, CN)
- Jiangsu University (Jiangsu, CN)
Inventors
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Abstract
Disclosed is a combined treatment method for improving corrosion resistance of metal component in chlorine-containing solution. First, the metal component is placed in the chlorine-containing solution. Large-area overlapping laser shock peening without an absorbing layer is used, when laser pulses are irradiated on the target metal component, the metal matrix surface absorbs the laser energy, vaporizes and expands to form a high-temperature and high-pressure plasma, a chlorine-containing passivation film is formed, to improve the surface corrosion resistance of the metal component. After that, the surface layer of the metal component is subjected to surface polishing, followed by large-area overlapping laser shock peening with an absorbing layer at room temperature, to further improve the corrosion resistance of the metal component. The combined treatment method of the present invention can be applied to improve the corrosion resistance of metal components in highly corrosive chlorine-containing environments of seawater and the like.
Claims
1. A combined treatment method for improving corrosion resistance of a metal component in chlorine-containing solution, comprising, a metal component is placed in a chlorine-containing solution, wherein a liquid level of the chlorine-containing solution is higher than a surface of the metal component or a shock point by 1-2 mm, and the chlorine-containing solution is maintained in a state of circulation; an area overlapping laser shock peening without an absorbing layer is used, when a pulsed laser is irradiated on a region to be shocked of the metal component, a surface of a metal matrix absorbs energy of the pulsed laser, vaporizes and expands to form plasma, the chlorine-containing solution as a constraining layer limits expansion of the plasma, generating a shock wave having an intensity exceeding a yield strength of the metal component, so that the surface of the metal matrix having plastic deformation is produced, a surface grain of the metal matrix is refined and even nano-crystallized, a residual compressive stress is induced in the region to be shocked of the metal component, and chloride ions in the chlorine-containing solution and the surface of the metal component are induced by the pulsed laser to form a chlorine-containing passivation film, such that a surface corrosion resistance of the metal component is improved; after the area overlapping laser shock peening without the absorbing layer is conducted, a surface polishing is conducted on the surface of the metal component; and then, the surface of the metal component is subjected to an area overlapping laser shock peening with the absorbing layer at room temperature, such that the surface corrosion resistance of the metal component is further improved; the combined treatment method comprising the following steps: step 1: the metal component to be treated is subjected to progressive grinding using a metallographic abrasive paper and placed in an alcoholic solution, dust and oily stains on the surface of the metal component are removed by an ultrasonic cleaner, and an essential crack detection process is accomplished; step 2: a sample of the metal matrix is mounted on a loading platform of a combined process unit, a laser beam spot center is coincided with an upper left corner of the surface of the metal matrix with a region to be shocked at a point A to serve as a starting position for the area overlapping laser shock peening without the absorbing layer, and make X-axis and Y-axis directions of the region to be shocked to have same direction with X-axis and Y-axis directions of the loading platform; step 3: the chlorine-containing solution is sprayed onto the surface of the metal matrix by a spraying device so as to form a liquid constraining layer having a thickness of 1-2 mm; step 4: by setting an output power and spot parameters of the pulsed laser of a laser control device; a surface of the sample of the metal matrix is shocked with the pulsed laser, the surface of the metal matrix absorbs the energy of the pulsed laser, vaporizes and expands to form the plasma, the chlorine-containing solution as the constraining layer limits expansion of the plasma, generating the shock wave having the intensity exceeding the yield strength of the metal component, so that the surface of the metal matrix having plastic deformation is produced, the surface grain of the metal matrix is refined and even nano-crystallized, the residual compressive stress is induced in the region to be shocked, and chloride ions in the chlorine-containing solution and the surface of the metal matrix are induced by the pulsed laser to form a passivation film; step 5: the pulsed laser of the laser control device is switched on, a sample movement of the loading platform is controlled by a robot control system using a progressive processing method, the surface of the sample of the metal matrix to be processed is subjected to the area overlapping laser shock peening without the absorbing layer, and the area overlapping laser shock peening without the absorbing layer for the whole region to be shocked is finally accomplished; and step 6: the sample of the metal matrix in the chlorine-containing solution after the area overlapping laser shock peening without the absorbing layer is subjected to ultrasonic alcohol cleaning, and after polishing, the area overlapping laser shock peening with the absorbing layer is conducted at room temperature using an aluminum foil as the absorbing layer, thereby improving the corrosion resistance of the metal component.
2. The combined treatment method for improving corrosion resistance of metal component in chlorine-containing solution according to claim 1, wherein the pulsed laser used is a single-pulsed Nd:YAG laser with operation parameters of: wavelength 1064 nm, pulse width 5-10 ns, single pulse energy 1.5-10 J, and spot radius 1-3 mm.
3. The combined treatment method for improving corrosion resistance of metal component in chlorine-containing solution according to claim 1, wherein the chlorine-containing solution is a 3.5 mass % NaCl solution or a 42 mass MgCl.sub.2 solution.
4. The combined treatment method for improving corrosion resistance of metal component in chlorine-containing solution according to claim 1, wherein the polishing in step 6 is to ensure a surface flatness of the sample of the metal matrix, and to improve the efficiency of the last laser shock peening step of area overlapping laser shock peening with the absorbing layer, under the premise of ensuring the integrity of the metal component after the area overlapping laser shock peening without the absorbing layer.
5. The combined treatment method for improving corrosion resistance of metal component in chlorine-containing solution according to claim 1, wherein the absorbing layer of the area overlapping laser shock peening without the absorbing layer and the area overlapping laser shock peening with the absorbing area is an aluminum foil having a thickness of 0.10-0.12 mm.
6. The combined treatment method for improving corrosion resistance of metal component in chlorine-containing solution according to claim 1, wherein an overlapping rate of row and column in the area overlapping laser shock peening without the absorbing layer and the area overlapping laser shock peening with the absorbing layer is 50%.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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(4) In the figures: 1. laser, 2. laser control device, 3. laser beam, 4. spraying device, 5. sample, 6. loading platform, 7. robot.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
(5) The technical solution of the present invention is further described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
(6) A combined process unit used in the present invention is shown in
Embodiment 1
(7) 316L stainless steel was selected as an object under investigation and was prepared into 40 mm×40 mm×5 mm blocky samples. The sample to be treated was placed in an alcoholic solution, dust and oily stains on the surface were removed by an ultrasonic cleaner, and an essential crack detection process was accomplished, ensuring that no significant cracks and defects were present on the surface.
(8) The 316L stainless steel sample was mounted on a loading platform 6 of the combined process unit, the center of a laser beam spot was registered with the upper left corner of a surface to be shocked of the matrix at a point A to serve as a starting position of shock peening, and the X-axis and Y-axis directions of a region to be shocked were coincident with the X-axis and Y-axis directions of the loading platform.
(9) A 3.5% NaCl solution was sprayed onto the matrix surface of the 316L stainless steel sample by a spraying device 4 so as to form a liquid constraining layer having a thickness of 1-2 mm.
(10) An output power and spot parameters of a laser were set by means of a laser control device 2: wavelength 1064 nm, pulse width 5-10 ns, single pulse energy 1.5-10 J, and spot radius 1-3 mm. The surface of the 316L stainless steel matrix was shocked with an intense pulsed laser, the stainless steel surface absorbed the laser energy and vaporized and expanded to form a high-temperature and high-pressure plasma, a sodium chloride solution as constraining layer limited expansion of the plasma, generating a high-pressure shock wave having a strength of up to several to several tens GPa which far exceeded a yield strength of the stainless steel component, so that the surface suffered from severe plastic deformation, the surface grains were refined and even nano-crystallized, a high value residual compressive stress was induced in the shock region, and chloride ions in the sodium chloride solution and the surface metals were induced by the laser to form a passivation film, thereby improving corrosion resistance of the surface of the stainless steel metal component.
(11) A laser 1 was opened, a sample loading platform 6 was controlled to move by a robot control system 7 using a progressive processing method, the surface to be processed of the sample was subjected to large-area overlapping laser shock peening at an overlapping rate of 50%, and overlapping laser shock peening without an absorbing layer of the whole region to be shocked was finally accomplished.
(12) The metal sample in the sodium chloride solution after the laser shock without an absorbing layer was subjected to ultrasonic alcohol cleaning, and after polishing, large-area overlapping laser shock peening at room temperature at an overlapping rate of 50% was conducted using aluminum foil having a thickness of 0.10 mm as absorbing layer, thereby improving corrosion resistance of the metal component.
(13) In the present embodiment, while a laser shock peening layer was induced on the surface of the 316L stainless steel sample, a chlorine-containing passivation film was formed so as to inhibit corrosion of ions, such that corrosion resistance was improved by 21%.
Embodiment 2
(14) AISI 304 stainless steel was selected as an object under investigation and was prepared into 40 mm×40 mm×5 mm blocky samples. The sample to be treated was placed in an alcoholic solution, dust and oily stains on the surface were removed by an ultrasonic cleaner, and an essential crack detection process was accomplished, ensuring that no significant cracks and defects were present on the surface.
(15) The AISI 304 stainless steel sample was mounted on a loading platform 6 of the combined process unit, the center of a laser beam spot was registered with the upper left corner of a surface to be shocked of the matrix at a point A to serve as a starting position of shock peening, and the X-axis and Y-axis directions of a region to be shocked were coincident with the X-axis and Y-axis directions of the loading platform.
(16) A 3.5% NaCl solution was sprayed onto the matrix surface of the 316L stainless steel sample by a spraying device 4 so as to form a liquid constraining layer having a thickness of 1-2 mm.
(17) An output power and spot parameters of a laser were set by means of a laser control device 2: wavelength 1064 nm, pulse width 8 ns, single pulse energy 6 J, and spot radius 2 mm. The surface of the AISI 304 stainless steel matrix was shocked with an intense pulsed laser, the stainless steel surface absorbed the laser energy and vaporized and expanded to form a high-temperature and high-pressure plasma, a sodium chloride solution as constraining layer limited expansion of the plasma, generating a high-pressure shock wave having a strength of up to several to several tens GPa which far exceeded a yield strength of the stainless steel component, so that the surface suffered from severe plastic deformation, the surface grains were refined and even nano-crystallized, a high value residual compressive stress was induced in the shock region, and chloride ions in the sodium chloride solution and the surface metals were induced by the laser to form a passivation film, thereby improving corrosion resistance of the surface of the stainless steel metal component.
(18) A laser 1 was opened, a sample loading platform 6 was controlled to move by a robot control system 7 using a progressive processing method, the surface to be processed of the sample was subjected to large-area overlapping laser shock peening at an overlapping rate of 50%, and overlapping laser shock peening without an absorbing layer of the whole region to be shocked was finally accomplished.
(19) The metal sample in the sodium chloride solution after the laser shock without an absorbing layer was subjected to ultrasonic alcohol cleaning, and after polishing, large-area overlapping laser shock peening at room temperature at an overlapping rate of 50% was conducted using aluminum foil having a thickness of 0.10 mm as absorbing layer, thereby improving corrosion resistance of the metal component.
(20) In the present embodiment, while a laser shock peening layer was induced on the surface of the AISI 304 stainless steel sample, a chlorine-containing passivation film was formed so as to inhibit corrosion of ions, such that corrosion resistance was improved by 32%.
Embodiment 3
(21) AM50 magnesium alloy was selected as an object under investigation and was prepared into 40 mm×40 mm×5 mm blocky samples. The sample to be treated was placed in an alcoholic solution, dust and oily stains on the surface were removed by an ultrasonic cleaner, and an essential crack detection process was accomplished, ensuring that no significant cracks and defects were present on the surface.
(22) The AM50 magnesium alloy sample was mounted on a loading platform 6 of the combined process unit, the center of a laser beam spot was registered with the upper left corner of a surface to be shocked of the matrix at a point A to serve as a starting position of shock peening, and the X-axis and Y-axis directions of a region to be shocked were coincident with the X-axis and Y-axis directions of the loading platform.
(23) A 3.5% NaCl solution was sprayed onto the matrix surface of the AM50 magnesium alloy sample by a spraying device 4 so as to form a liquid constraining layer having a thickness of 1-2 mm.
(24) An output power and spot parameters of a laser were set by means of a laser control device 2: wavelength 1064 nm, pulse width 10 ns, single pulse energy 10 J, and spot radius 3 mm. The surface of the AM50 magnesium alloy matrix was shocked with an intense pulsed laser, the stainless steel surface absorbed the laser energy and vaporized and expanded to form a high-temperature and high-pressure plasma, a magnesium chloride solution as constraining layer limited expansion of the plasma, generating a high-pressure shock wave having a strength of up to several to several tens GPa which far exceeded a yield strength of the magnesium alloy component, so that the surface suffered from severe plastic deformation, the surface grains were refined and even nano-crystallized, a high value residual compressive stress was induced in the shock region, and chloride ions in the magnesium chloride solution and the surface metals were induced by the laser to form a passivation film, thereby improving corrosion resistance of the surface of the magnesium alloy metal component.
(25) A laser 1 was opened, a sample loading platform 6 was controlled to move by a robot control system 7 using a progressive processing method, the surface to be processed of the sample was subjected to large-area overlapping laser shock peening at an overlapping rate of 50%, and overlapping laser shock peening without an absorbing layer of the whole region to be shocked was finally accomplished.
(26) The magnesium alloy metal sample in the magnesium chloride solution after the laser shock without an absorbing layer was subjected to ultrasonic alcohol cleaning, and after polishing, large-area overlapping laser shock peening at room temperature at an overlapping rate of 50% was conducted using aluminum foil having a thickness of 0.10 mm as absorbing layer, thereby improving corrosion resistance of the magnesium alloy metal component.
(27) In the present embodiment, while a laser shock peening layer was induced on the surface of the AM50 magnesium alloy sample, a chlorine-containing passivation film was formed so as to inhibit corrosion of ions, such that corrosion resistance was improved by 47%. An image showing corrosion of microstructures on the surface of a metal component after treatment with conventional laser shock peening is shown in