Corrosion characteristics of aluminium alloys in calophyllum inophyllum biodiesel / Raja Nurul Hani Raja Azhar

Raja Nurul Hani, Raja Azhar (2017) Corrosion characteristics of aluminium alloys in calophyllum inophyllum biodiesel / Raja Nurul Hani Raja Azhar. Masters thesis, University of Malaya.

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Abstract

Biodiesel is one of the attractive alternatives to cater the limited petroleum diesel sources in future due to its environmental benefit and domestic producibility. However, one of the drawbacks of biodiesel is its corrosive property. In this work, corrosion characteristics of commercial aluminium alloy 3003, 5052 and 6061 in various Calophyllum inophyllum biodiesel blends is studied and analyzed. Immersion test of aluminium alloy 3003, 5052 and 6061 is carried out in Calophyllum inophyllum biodiesel blends B0, B5, B10 and B15 for 1200 hours at room temperature. The corrosion rate of aluminium alloy 3003, 5052 and 6061 in Calophyllum inophyllum biodiesel blends B0, B5, B10 and B15 is calculated from the weight loss obtained after the immersion test. The surface morphology after immersion test is observed by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Result shows that aluminium alloy 3003 is the most susceptible to corrosion in Calophyllum inophyllum biodiesel blends compared to aluminium alloy 5052 and 6061. Keywords: corrosion, aluminium, biodiesel.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Additional Information:	Research Report (M.A.) - Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 2017.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Corrosion characteristics; Aluminium alloys; Petroleum diesel sources; Immersion test
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User:	Mr Prabhakaran Balachandran
Date Deposited:	04 Apr 2018 15:57
Last Modified:	14 Aug 2020 08:03
URI:	http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/id/eprint/8525

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