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The present work considers high-pressure die cast (HPDC) AZ91 alloy to evaluate its corrosion behaviour in 1M NaCl solution and investigates how different friction stir process parameters can affect the corrosion responses. No studies analyse the effects induced by the friction stir processed zone, reached using high rotational speeds (&gt;2000 rpm), on the unprocessed HPDC AZ91 alloy. In addition, the morphological analysis of the corroded surfaces having a friction stir processed zone, in which the grain refinement was not obtained, is not present in the literature yet. Microstructural features were investigated by optical microscope and X-ray diffraction analysis before and after the friction stir process. These were subsequently correlated to the corrosion responses after the immersion tests. The results show that HPDC samples with a very smooth surface have the best corrosion resistance with a corrosion rate lower than 3 mm\/year, evaluated through the weight loss, compared to the rougher ones. Both the amount of \u03b2-Mg17Al12 eutectic and the wt.% Al in the \u03b1-Mg matrix, as well as the surface roughness, influence the corrosion behaviour of friction stir processed samples. The best corrosion resistance was obtained with an HPDC alloy processed at 2500 rpm and 50 mm\/min.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma16206620","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,10]],"date-time":"2023-10-10T06:14:04Z","timestamp":1696918444000},"page":"6620","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Corrosion Behaviour of High-Pressure Die-Cast AZ91 Alloy in NaCl Solution: Effects of Friction Stir Process at High Rotational Speed"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9377-3365","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emanuele","family":"Ghio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Via G. 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