Electrochemical mechanism of metall corrosion

Corrosion that occurs by an electrochemical mechanism is a combination of cathodic and anodic reactions that occur independently of each other. At that, the metal surface is considered to be equipotential one, i.e. the presence of short-circuited microgalvanic pairs on the surface is not a necessary condition for electrochemical corrosion. The anode and cathode processes are spatially separated. This is provided by the presence of conduction electrons in the interstitial spaces of the metal lattice. The present model of electrochemical corrosion justifies the use of polarization diagrams for the analysis of corrosion processes. The previously proposed model, based on the idea that a necessary condition for electrochemical corrosion is the presence of short-circuited microgalvanic elements on the metal surface, is erroneous. When considering electrochemical corrosion from the positions of this model, the use of polarization diagrams to study corrosion processes is not legitimate.

Mechanical characterization and properties of laser-based powder bed–fused lattice structures: a review

The increasing demand for a wider access to additive manufacturing technologies is driving the production of metal lattice structure with powder bed fusion techniques, especially laser-based powder bed fusion. Lattice structures are porous structures formed by a controlled repetition in space of a designed base unit cell. The tailored porosity, the low weight, and the tunable mechanical properties make the lattice structures suitable for applications in fields like aerospace, automotive, and biomedicine. Due to their wide-spectrum applications, the mechanical characterization of lattice structures is mostly carried out under compression tests, but recently, tensile, bending, and fatigue tests have been carried out demonstrating the increasing interest in these structures developed by academy and industry. Although their physical and mechanical properties have been extensively studied in recent years, there still are no specific standards for their characterization. In the absence of definite standards, this work aims to collect the parameters used by recent researches for the mechanical characterization of metal lattice structures. By doing so, it provides a comparison guide within tests already carried out, allowing the choice of optimal parameters to researchers before testing lattice samples. For every mechanical test, a detailed review of the process design, test parameters, and output is given, suggesting that a specific standard would enhance the collaboration between all the stakeholders and enable an acceleration of the translation process.

Evaluation of rods deformation of metal lattice structure in additive manufacturing based on skeleton extraction technology

<abstract> <p>The components with lattice structure as filling unit have great application potential in aerospace and other fields. The failure of the lattice structure directly affects the functional characteristics of the parts filled with the lattice structure. Aiming at the problem that it is difficult to evaluate the deformation degree of metal lattice structure after mechanical loading in additive manufacturing, firstly, the point cloud model of lattice structure is obtained by using CT scanning and three-dimensional reconstruction, and then the skeleton of lattice structure is automatically extracted based on ${L_1}$ median algorithm. Finally, the deformation angle of rods is measured to evaluate the degree of deformation and damage of parts. In this paper, the deformation evaluation of the rods of the BCC lattice is discussed. The experimental results show that the proposed skeleton extraction technology achieves the evaluation of lattice structure deformation. The experimental model is extended to BCC lattice structure with unit cell number of $n \times n \times n$. When the ratio of the rods with more than 40% severe deformation to all rods in the lattice structure reaches $(2n - 1)/2{n^2}$ it indicates that the lattice structure has undergone a large degree of deformation and should not continue to serve.</p> </abstract>