On the corrosion behaviour of novel high carbon rail steels in simulated cyclic wet-dry salt fog conditions

被引:94
作者
Panda, Bijayani [1 ]
Balasubramaniam, R. [1 ]
Dwivedi, Gopal [1 ]
机构
[1] Indian Inst Technol, Dept Mat & Met Engn, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India
关键词
steel; XRD; IR spectroscopy; SEM; EIS;
D O I
10.1016/j.corsci.2008.02.021
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Eutectoid rail steels are prone to excessive corrosion in the coastal locations in India. In order to minimise this problem, four new rail steels with microalloying elements, Cu, Cr, Ni and Si were designed. The corrosion behaviour of these four rail steels were compared with the behaviour of three rail steels already in commercial application. Quantitative evaluation done by weight loss measurements after simulated wet-dry salt fog exposure test showed similar weight loss values for all rail steels. The FTIR spectra of rust samples revealed the presence of Fe3-xO4 as the major phase in both inner and outer layers of rusts on all the rail steels. Relative amounts of the different rust phases have been compared. SEM micrographs of the rusted samples revealed that the rust on Cr-Cu-Ni and Cr-Cu-Ni-Si rail steel was more compact than other rail steels. Impedance spectroscopy showed that the rust formed on Cr-Cu-Ni and Cr-Cu-Ni-Si rail steels resulted in the higher impedance in the high frequency region, compared to other rail steels. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1684 / 1692
页数:9
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