Random forest incorporating ab-initio calculations for corrosion rate prediction with small sample Al alloys data

Yucheng Ji, Ni Li, Zhanming Cheng, Xiaoqian Fu, Xiaoguang Sun, Thee Chowwanonthapunya, Dawei Zhang, Jingli Ren, Poulumi Dey, Chaofang Dong*, More Authors

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Abstract

Corrosion jeopardizes the materials longevity and engineering safety, hence the corrosion rate needs to be forecasted so as to better guide materials selection. Although field exposure experiments are dependable, the prohibitive cost and their time-consuming nature make it difficult to obtain large dataset for machine learning. Here, we propose a strategy Integrating Ab-initio Calculations with Random Forest (IACRF) to optimize the model, thereby estimating the corrosion rate of Al alloys in diverse environments. Based on the thermodynamic assessment of the secondary phases, the ab-initio calculation quantities, especially the work function, significantly improved the prediction accuracy with respect to small-sample Al alloys corrosion dataset. To build a better generic prediction model, the most accessible and effective features are identified to train IACRF. Finally, the independent field exposure experiments in Southeast Asia have proven the generalization ability of IACRF in which the average prediction accuracy is improved up to 91%.

Original languageEnglish
Article number83
Number of pages10
Journalnpj Materials Degradation
Volume6
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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