The present invention relates to a method for measuring the depth of microscale pitting pits on the surface of aluminum
alloy, belonging to the technical fields of
failure analysis and microscopic analysis. First, a wedge-shaped block with a specific shape is prepared, and its shape is measured as the basis for size calibration. Secondly, the aluminum
alloy specimen is
cut perpendicular to the specimen surface, and the
cut surface and the wedge-shaped block are simultaneously inlaid into a metallographic specimen. Subsequently, the specimen is ground, polished and thinned layer by layer, and the size of the wedge-shaped block, as well as the width and depth of the pitting pit, are recorded after each
thinning. Since the size of the wedge-shaped block changes linearly with the
thinning size, the
thinning size can be calibrated by using the change in the size of the wedge-shaped block. Finally, through the metallographic measurement data, the
least squares method is used to fit the pitting pit contour, and the depth of the pitting pit is calculated. The present invention realizes obtaining the depth of microscale pitting pits on the surface of aluminum
alloy, and at the same time evaluates the metallographic structure of the material near the pitting pit, thereby facilitating the prediction of the service life of aluminum alloy components and ensuring their reliability.