Researchers are exploring innovative techniques like Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion (ShAPE) and friction stir welding to create metal components that are not only lighter and stronger but also more precise. As these advanced methods push the boundaries of metalworking, understanding the performance of these metals, especially their corrosion resistance, becomes increasingly important.
Corrosion, a process where metals degrade over time, can significantly affect the durability and reliability of materials, but visualizing and explaining its progression has long been a challenge.
While corrosion is a well-known problem, visualizing and explaining the exact process of how it progresses through a metal or its bonds has traditionally been difficult. Conventional methods have struggled to offer the level of detail required to better understand and mitigate corrosion, and new experimental techniques are needed to study these processes in a more dynamic and comprehensive way.
At the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), scientists have...
