Study of the behavior of materials for automotive components in combustible environments

• Grant number: 98/07529-5
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: October 01, 1998
• End date: October 31, 2001
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Transformation Metallurgy
• Principal Investigator: Isolda Costa
• Grantee: Isolda Costa
• Host Institution: Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN). Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Econômico (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project will investigate the corrosive behavior of the alloys Al-Si-X (X=Cu, Mg, Fe), produced by spray conformation and from carbon steel in the presence of gasoline fuel, alcohol fuel and pure alcohol, the latter with additions of low levels of possible contaminants of fuel alcohol. For comparative effect, methanol and ethanol will be used as the pure alcohols. The corrosive behavior will be studied by means of loss of mass trials and electrochemical trials, with emphasis on the electrochemical impedance trial. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

HAMILTA DE OLIVEIRA SANTOS; MARILENE MORELLI SERNA; NELSON BATISTA DE LIMA; ISOLDA COSTA; JESUALDO LUIZ ROSSI. Crystallographic orientation-spray formed hypereutectic aluminium-silicon alloys. MATERIALS RESEARCH-IBERO-AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MATERIALS, v. 8, n. 2, p. 181-186, 2005-06-00. (98/07529-5)