Corrosion Resistance of Cr10Mo1 Alloy Corrosion-Resistant Steel in Seawater–Sea Sand Concrete Pore Solution
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 36, Issue 7
Abstract
This paper is aimed to study the corrosion resistance of Cr10Mo1 alloy corrosion-resistant steel (CR) in the seawater–sea sand concrete pore solution (SWSSCPS), compared with low-carbon steel (LC) and stainless steel (SS). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), SEM, atomic force microscope, and Mott–Schottky curve tests are applied to obtain information on the composition, structure, and morphology of the corrosion-resistant (CR) passive film. Finally, the difference between CR passive film and the other two kinds of steels under chloride attack is investigated, and the apparent morphology, microstructure, and chemical composition of the CR passive film during the attack are analyzed. With the exposure time increased, the passive film and interfacial integrity of CR are approximately equivalent to that of SS in terms of phase angle in the midband and low-frequency band modulus, indicating the anticorrosion performance of CR has a much better effect than that of LC and close to that of SS. The results reveal that the FeO in the passive film outer layer and a high amount of in the inner layer prevent CR from further corrosion by chloride ions.
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Acknowledgments
The authors greatly acknowledge the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (51925903), National Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund Project (52108196), National Natural Science Foundation of China Joint Fund for Regional Innovation and Development (U2106221), General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52350004), National Key R & D Program of China (2021YFF0500803), State Key Laboratory of High Performance Civil Engineering Materials (2020CEM001), and Science and Technology Research Project of China Railway (2020YY240610 and K2020G033).
Author contributions: Zhongyi Xin: methodology, investigation, data curation, and writing–original draft. Fengjuan Wang: methodology, writing–review and editing, and funding acquisition. Le Guo: investigation, data curation, and writing–original draft. Huande Chen: resources and investigation. Zhongyong Liu: conceptualization and supervision. Jinyang Jiang: conceptualization, writing–review and editing, funding acquisition, and supervision.
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Volume 36 • Issue 7 • July 2024
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Received: Mar 30, 2023
Accepted: Nov 16, 2023
Published online: Apr 16, 2024
Published in print: Jul 1, 2024
Discussion open until: Sep 16, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Alloys
- Concrete
- Corrosion
- Design (by type)
- Deterioration
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Load and resistance factor design
- Load factors
- Materials characterization
- Materials engineering
- Metals (material)
- Sandy soils
- Soil mechanics
- Soils (by type)
- Stainless steel
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