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ACTA CHIMICA SLOVENICA
Volume 68, Issue 2, Pages 279-288Publisher
SLOVENSKO KEMIJSKO DRUSTVO
DOI: 10.17344/acsi.2020.5983
Keywords
Electrical discharge machining; Stainless steel; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Electrochemical corrosion; Copper diffusion
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By adjusting the machining parameters, the chemical composition of the workpiece can be changed, leading to an increase in corrosion resistance on the workpiece surface. As the discharge current and pulse-on time increase, micro-cracks propagate on the surface of the workpiece.
In this work, the effect of the presence and the diffusion of the Copper from the tool electrode onto the EDMed stainless steel (SS) surface have been investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Quantometer analysis, and Optical microscopic observations. The Taguchi method was used to study the effects of Pulse-on time (t(on)), Pulse-off time (t(off)), discharge current (I), and overall machining time (tau) on chemical composition, microstructures, micro-cracks, and electrochemical corrosion of EDMed stainless steel workpieces. The results show that the variation of machining parameters changes the chemical composition of the workpieces. By increasing the discharge current and decreasing the Pulse-on time, the copper and the carbon diffuse onto the surface of the workpiece. Consequently, the chemical composition of the workpiece surface changes, leading to an increment of the corrosion resistance. The XRD analysis shows the formation of Fe2C, Cr3C2, and CuNi. In addition, at higher values of discharge current and t(on)/t(off) ratio, the micro-cracks propagate on the surface of the workpiece.
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