Abstract:The exfoliation corrosion resistance of the 5083 aluminum alloy and its FSW joints were studied in this paper.The corrosion morphology,microstructure,electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and polarization potential of the samples were analyzed by using optical microscope (OM),scanning electron microscope (SEM),transmission electron microscopy(TEM)and electrochemical workstation.The results showed that only slight pitting occurred in the joint.However,the base metal suffered from serious pitting and even peeling.It developed intergranular cracking showed in SEM morphology.The EIS results indicated that the reaction resistance of the joint is larger than that of base metal.The equiaxed microstructure,fine and homogeneous precipitate and low dislocation density resulted in better properties of joints in exfoliation corrosion resistance than that of the base metal.