Effect of Phase Composition and Microstructure of Oxide Scale on the Corrosion Resistance of SS400 Hot Rolled Strip

Abstract:

Different phase compositions and microstructures of oxide scales were formed on the surface of SS400 hot rolled alloys by employing various heat treatment processes. Cyclic wet-dry immersion corrosion test, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy were used to investigate the corrosion resistance of strips with scales fabricated by different heat treatment processes. The results reveal that difference in the corrosion resistance of the various scales is due to the difference in the grain size of Fe₃O₄ phase. Furthermore, the difference in the corrosion resistance of different oxide phases, exhibited by various scales, also render the strips to give various corrosion behaviors. It is surmised that the strip with oxide scale, which consist of a small mount of the outer layer Fe₂O₃ phase distributed continuously and a large quantity of the inner layer Fe₃O₄ phase with the fine grain size, and possess nice compactness, continuity, integrity in the morphology structure, has the best corrosion resistance.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 399-401)
• Pages: 1951-1957
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.399-401.1951
• Online since: November 2011
• Authors: Xian Liang Zhou, Min Zhu, Xiao Zhen Hua, Zhi Guo Ye, Xia Cui, Lun Nie
• Keywords: Corrosion Resistance, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), Hot Rolled Strip, Oxide Scale

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