Electrochemical evaluation of sintered aluminium - ceramic cenospheres composites

The corrosion behaviour of cenospheres metal matric syntactic foams of different compositions in 3.5 wt-% NaCl aqueous solution at similar to 25 degrees C was investigated. The electrochemical properties of the composites were assessed experimentally, employing potentiodynamic polarisation and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements. Appropriate equivalent electrical circuits were proposed. Results showed that the corrosion rate is higher for the metal matrix syntactic foams compared to pure sintered aluminium. As the volume fraction of cenospheres increases cenospheres fragments and the presence of reaction zones seems to have a greater effect on the corrosion behaviour of the composites compared to the presence of unintended porosity.