Abstract :
Friction stir welding is an advancement in the field of friction welding.
This method considered as efficient and fast welding process because it doesn?t
use fillers, fluxes, and protective gas (shielding gas). One of its purposes is for the
rivet substitution on plate-shaped material. In the aviation, this method can be
used to connect aircraft fuselage skin material. This research was conducted to
determine the effect of variations in tool material on the quality of the resulting
joints and temperature characteristics, where the results of these connections will
affect the rate of corrosion obtained.
The material joining method is carried out by the friction stir welding
process using a low carbon steel tool, a low carbon steel heat treatment tool, and a
stainless steel tool, with plate-shaped specimens. After friction stir welding
process and temperature?s measurement on the specimens, the specimen should be
cleaned and been weighed. therefore the corrosion testing will be carried out for
14 days (336 hours) using the immersion test method with corrosive seawater as
media and corrosion rate calculation using the weight loss method. The process
continuea by taking a picture of microstructure to determine what type of
corrosions are formed.
In this study, it was found that the difference in material tool has taken
effect on the material joints. the low carbon steel tools show good welding results
and low carbon steel heat treatment tools show jagged welding results. The
highest corrosion rate values found on specimens with stainless steel tools with an
average corrosion rate of 0.3648 mpy. Corrosion formed on specimens is a type of
exfoliation corrosion and the corrosion causes pits