Date of Award
1-1-2017
Thesis Type
masters
Document Type
Thesis
Divisions
eng
Department
Faculty of Engineering
Institution
University of Malaya
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.
Note
Research Report (M.A.) - Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 2017.
Recommended Citation
Raja Nurul Hani, Raja Azhar, "Corrosion characteristics of aluminium alloys in calophyllum inophyllum biodiesel / Raja Nurul Hani Raja Azhar" (2017). Student Works (2010-2019). 4190.
https://knova.um.edu.my/student_works_2010s/4190