Research Article
The Red Sea as a Corrosive Environment: Corrosion Rates and Corrosion Mechanism of Aluminum Alloys 7075, 2024, and 6061
Table 2
Weight loss and corrosion rates of Al alloys at different immersion periods in the Red Sea water.
| Immersion period (weeks) | Weight loss (g m−2) | Corrosion rate, (g m−2 year−1) | Al 7075 | Al 2024 | Al 6061 | Al 7075 | Al 2024 | Al 6061 |
| 1st | 0.733 | 0.463 | 0.312 | 38.184 | 24.111 | 16.247 | 2nd | 1.227 | 0.781 | 0.539 | 31.956 | 20.328 | 14.034 | 3rd | 1.685 | 0.820 | 0.648 | 29.313 | 14.269 | 11.268 | 5th | 2.284 | 1.721 | 0.997 | 23.813 | 17.950 | 10.392 | 7th | 2.366 | 1.891 | 1.094 | 17.630 | 14.088 | 8.150 | 10th | 2.396 | 1.994 | 1.147 | 12.490 | 10.394 | 5.981 | 22nd | 3.826 | 2.567 | 1.663 | 9.069 | 6.084 | 3.942 | 32nd | 4.173 | 3.241 | 1.880 | 6.796 | 5.279 | 3.062 |
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