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Analysis of the galvanised steel sheets resistance to corrosion after plastic deformation

By: E. Evin,  M. Tomáš,  J. Graban and  M. Tóth  
Open Access
|Dec 2016

Abstract

Nowadays, number of customer and environmental requirements are laid to the automotive industry. These are related to safety increase, the weight and emission reduction as well as the life-time improvement. The article presents the way to improve the corrosion resistance of the car-body components when coated steel sheets are used based on Zn-Al-Mg coatings. Thus, the life-time of the car-body is improved. Samples with conventional Zn coating and samples with advanced Zn-Al-Mg coatings were deformed by stretching and 3-point bending to 90° and 180° tests. Consequently, the samples were exposed to salt spray in the corrosion chamber. Time to red corrosion appearance and adequate percentage of corroded surface was evaluated. The results showed the better corrosion protection of Zn-Al-Mg coatings when compared to the conventional Zn coating.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kom-2016-0018 | Journal eISSN: 1804-1213 | Journal ISSN: 0452-599X
Language: English
Page range: 114 - 121
Published on: Dec 8, 2016
Published by: Association of Czech and Slovak Corrosion Engineers
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2016 E. Evin, M. Tomáš, J. Graban, M. Tóth, published by Association of Czech and Slovak Corrosion Engineers
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