scholarly journals Title Synergistic Effect of Al2O3 Inclusion and Pearlite on the Localized Corrosion Evolution Process of Carbon Steel in Marine Environment

Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Liu ◽  
Xuequn Cheng ◽  
Zeyu Dai ◽  
Ryan Liu ◽  
Ziyu Li ◽  
...  

The initiation and evolution of the localized corrosion in carbon steel were investigated in a simulated marine environment of Xisha Island in the South China Sea. In the initial stage, localized corrosion occurred in the form of corrosion spot. The localized corrosion morphology and electrochemical information during corrosion process were tracked by field emission scanning electron microscopy energy dispersive spectrometry (FE-SEM-EDS), scanning vibrating electrode technique (SVET) and scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy (SKPFM). Localized corrosion was induced by the microcrevices around Al2O3 inclusions. The occluded cells and oxygen concentration cell formed in the pits could accelerate the localized corrosion. Pearlite accelerated the dissolution of the inside and surrounding ferrite via the galvanic effect between Fe3C and ferrite. Overall, the localized corrosion was initiated and evaluated under a synergistic effect of crevice corrosion, occluded cells, oxygen concentration cell and the galvanic couple between FeC3 and ferrite.

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junlei Tang ◽  
Junyang Li ◽  
Hu Wang ◽  
Yingying Wang ◽  
Geng Chen

The acoustic emission (AE) technique was applied to monitor the pitting corrosion of carbon steel in NaHCO3 + NaCl solutions. The open circuit potential (OCP) measurement and corrosion morphology in-situ capturing using an optical microscope were conducted during AE monitoring. The corrosion micromorphology was characterized with a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The propagation behavior and AE features of natural pitting on carbon steel were investigated. After completion of the signal processing, including pre-treatment, shape preserving interpolation, and denoising, for raw AE waveforms, three types of AE signals were classified in the correlation diagrams of the new waveform parameters. Finally, a 2D pattern recognition method was established to calculate the similarity of different continuous AE graphics, which is quite effective to distinguish the localized corrosion from uniform corrosion.


Author(s):  
Junlei Tang ◽  
Junyang Li ◽  
Hu Wang ◽  
Yingying Wang ◽  
Geng Chen

The acoustic emission (AE) technique was applied to monitor the pitting corrosion of carbon steel in NaHCO3 + NaCl solutions. The open circuit potential (OCP) measurement and the corrosion morphology in-situ capturing using optical microscope were conducted during AE monitoring. The corrosion micromorphology was characterized with scanning electron microscope (SEM). The propagation behavior and AE features of natural pitting on carbon steel were investigated. After the performing of signal processing including pre-treatment, shape preserving interpolation and denoising for raw AE waveforms, three types of AE signals can be classified in the correlation diagrams of new waveform parameters. Finally, a 2D pattern recognition method was established to calculate the similarity of different continuous AE graphics, which is quite effective to distinguish the localized corrosion from uniform corrosion.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 3276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bak ◽  
Losiewicz ◽  
Kozik ◽  
Kubisztal ◽  
Dybal ◽  
...  

Solvents are widely used in organic synthesis. Sulfolane is a five-membered heterocyclic organosulfur sulfone (R-SO2-R’, where R/R’ is alkyl, alkenyl, or aryl) and an anthropogenic medium commonly used as industrial extractive solvent in the liquid-liquid and liquid-vapor extraction processes. Under standard conditions sulfolane is not aggressive towards steel, but at higher temperatures and in oxygen, water, or chlorides presence, it can be decomposed into some corrosive (by-)products with generation of SO2 and subsequent formation of corrosive H2SO3. This pilot-case study provides data from laboratory measurements performed in low conductivity sulfolane-based fluids using an industrial multi-electrochemical technique for reliable detection of corrosion processes. In particular, a comprehensive evaluation of the aqueous phase impact on general and localized corrosion of AISI 1010 carbon steel in sulfolane is presented. Assessment of corrosive damage was carried out using an open circuit potential method, potentiodynamic polarization curves, SEM/EDS and scanning Kelvin probe technique. It was found that an increase in the water content (1–3 vol.%) in sulfolane causes a decrease in the corrosion resistance of AISI 1010 carbon steel on both uniform and pitting corrosion due to higher conductance of the sulfolane-based fluids.


2000 ◽  
Vol 663 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Fujiwara ◽  
I. Yasutomi ◽  
K. Fukudome ◽  
T. Tateishi ◽  
K. Fujiwara

ABSTRACTA repository for low and intermediate level radioactive wastes will contain a great deal of carbon steel as reinforcement materials and waste containers. These steel components are expected to generate hydrogen gas due to reductive corrosion of carbon steel under repository condition. In this study, we have investigated the influence of the environmental factors such as oxygen concentration and pH in the solution on the rate of the gas generation. This rate was measured with a gas flow type test system under the controlled oxygen concentration, which simulates the redox conditions from initial to final environment in a repository. In addition, the corrosion mechanism was examined through the electrochemical tests.As a result, it has been found that pH in the solution and the oxygen concentration considerably affected the generation rate of hydrogen gas in various way. As to the influence of pH of the solution, it has been found that the gas generation rate increased with the increase of pH between 11.8 and 14. Further, as to the influence of the oxygen concentration, when the oxygen concentration in the blowing nitrogen gas was 2 ppm or more, the gas generation rate increased with the oxygen concentration. This trend was possibly caused by local decrease of pH due to localized corrosion. The gas generation rate was very low when the oxygen concentration was in the passive region. The rate was equal to 0.01 μm/y or less if the corrosion occurs with an equation: 3Fe+4H2O → Fe3O4 + 4H2 ↑ to 0.01 *m imcro;/y (hereafter we call this the equivalent corrosion rate). However the gas generation rate increased when the oxygen concentration was controlled to the extent that sufficient passive film cannot be produced and thus it shifts from passive state to active state.


Author(s):  
Neetesh Soni ◽  
Ambrish Singh

The aim of this work is to assess the influence of Friction Stir Welding (FSW), process parameters, optimized tool traveling speed, and corrosion resistance of the 0.95 Mg-Al-alloy and pure copper weldment. Samples of aluminum-copper with and without deformation were characterized to investigate the metallurgical effects created during the welding deformation process. Effect of process parameters on microstructure and corrosion rate have been investigated for all the samples. All the electrochemical and polarization tests were done in 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution. Scanning Kelvin Probe (SKP) was done to detect the localized corrosion on the surface. Optical micrography observation indicated that the primary α-Al phase, which was formed during solidification can effectively limit the growth of Cu9Al4 phase. Finer acicular α-Al precipitates were observed in CuAl matrix during joining process that tends to coarser with the increase in tools travel speed. The electrochemical and polarization results showed that among all the tool travelling speed the specimen joined at tool travelling speed of 40 mm/min shows the best non-corrosive property.


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