BUGARIN, A.F.S.ABREU, C.P. deTERADA, M.MELO, H.G. deCOSTA, I.2020-12-112020-12-112020BUGARIN, A.F.S.; ABREU, C.P. de; TERADA, M.; MELO, H.G. de; COSTA, I. Effect of friction stir welding (FSW) on the electrochemical behavior and galvanic coupling of AA2024-T3 and AA7475-T651. <b>Materials Today Communications</b>, v. 25, p. 1-11, 2020. DOI: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101591">10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101591</a>. Disponível em: http://200.136.52.105/handle/123456789/31645.2352-4928http://200.136.52.105/handle/123456789/31645In this study, the local electrochemical activity of AA2024-T3 and AA7475-T761 joined by friction stir welding (FSW) was investigated as a function of time by electrochemical tests in 0.01 mol L−1 NaCl solution using a mini cell. The welding procedure resulted in increased electrochemical activity of the weld affected zones of both alloys, which electrochemical activities increased with immersion time, as demonstrated by the electrochemical behavior. In the heat affected zone (HAZ) and the thermomechanically affected zone (TMAZ) of AA7475-T651 the increased activity was due to precipitation of η phase at the grain boundaries stimulated by thermomechanical effects. On the other hand, the enhanced activity in the TMAZ/HAZ of the AA2024-T3 was associated to a large concentration of copper rich cathodic particles broken by tool rotation that were spread along this zone. However, the zone of highest electrochemical activity was the stir zone (SZ) and this was ascribed to galvanic coupling between the two alloys, AA2024-T3 and the AA7475-T651, where the former acted as cathodic and the latter as anodic area.1-11openAccessweldingfriction weldingtensile propertiesmicrostructurecorrosioncorrosion resistancealuminium alloysArtigo de periódico2510.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.1015910000-0002-4987-3334https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4987-333450.6048.67