Abstract

This study used cryorolling (CR) and room temperature rolling (RTR) with different rolling reductions to process the 2195 aluminum-lithium alloy (Al-Li alloy, AA2195) sheets. Subsequently, the AA2195 sheets were artificially aged to the peak aging stage. Their mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, and microstructural evolution sheets were investigated using methods such as hardness testing, tensile testing, intergranular corrosion (IGC) experiments, electrochemical experiments, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). Compared to the RTR samples, the CR samples exhibited higher hardness, ultimate tensile strength, and elongation under the same rolling reduction conditions due to the combined effect of dislocation strengthening, grain boundary strengthening, and precipitation strengthening. The corrosion resistance of the RTR samples showed a declining trend with the increased rolling reduction. However, the corrosion potential of the CR samples exhibited a non-monotonic trend, first increasing and then decreasing, with the increased rolling reduction. The CR and RTR samples had similar microstructural evolution trends, leading to predominantly IGC morphologies in the IGC tests. The RTR and CR samples exhibited partial pitting morphologies at 70% rolling reduction, and the CR samples had more pronounced pitting characteristics than the RTR samples.

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