Improvement of pitting corrosion resistance of a biomedical grade 316LVM stainless steel by electrochemical modification of the passive film semiconducting properties

In the present paper we show that a significant improvement in pitting corrosion resistance of a biomedical grade stainless steel, 316LVM, can be achieved by the formation of a surface passive oxide film under cyclic potentiodyanamic polarization (passivation) conditions. A complete absence of pitting in physiological simulating solutions was demonstrated, while the electrochemically formed passive film maintained its very high pitting resistance even at higher chloride concentrations in the bulk solution. The improvement in the film’s pitting corrosion resistance was correlated with its semiconducting properties.     

抗菌处理含铜铁素体不锈钢的耐微生物腐蚀性能

采用电化学测试技术及微生物学方法, 研究了抗菌处理含铜铁素体不锈钢在含有培养基的异养菌溶液中的耐蚀性能. 结果表明, 不锈钢的腐蚀电位随异养菌的新陈代谢呈现规律性变化, 抗菌处理使不锈钢在菌液中钝化膜的稳定性得到改善, 点蚀敏感性降低; 抗菌不锈钢表面弥散分布的ε-Cu析出相的杀菌作用, 降低了异养菌的活性, 减缓了异养菌对抗菌不锈钢的腐蚀, 提高了抗菌不锈钢耐微生物腐蚀性能.     

Study on the Corrosion Resistance of 304L Stainless Steel

304L is an austenitic stainless steel with very low carbon content, and is served as the application to the oxidizing media, however, its corrosion resistance is not satisfactory in reducing media. For example, the pitting corrosion occurred on 304L stainless steel tube, which had been mounted for one year, somewhere at the power station in die seashore of China. For this reason we have studied the corrosion behavior of 304L in some media and invented a novel surface treatment technique of stainless steel for extremely improving the corrosion resistance of 304L. The characteristics of the modified passive film on the steel were examined in this paper, and the corrosion resistance of treated 304L stainless steel was tested in our laboratory and the testing ground. The results are satisfactory.     

磁场对316L不锈钢微生物腐蚀行为的影响

采用循环极化、微生物分析法、扫描电镜及表面能谱分析等方法,研究了磁场对316L不锈钢在含硫酸盐还原菌(SRB)的土壤模拟溶液中的腐蚀行为。结果表明,磁场可以抑制SRB的生长;未外加磁场时316L不锈钢表面膜层以局部堆积为主,加有磁场时,局部堆积明显减小,膜层均匀致密的排列于基体表面;无论有或没有外加磁场,316L不锈钢表面均发生钝化膜破裂型点蚀,未外加磁场时的点蚀电位低于加有磁场时的。在相同的浸泡时间,未外加磁场时循环极化滞后环面积明显比加有磁场时的大,说明磁场可以有效抑制316L不锈钢点蚀的形成与发展,降低316L不锈钢的点蚀诱发能力。     

不锈钢点腐蚀发生的早期过程 Ⅰ. 扫描微参比电极法研究

本文应用扫描微参比电极联机测量系统对18-8型不锈钢在含Cl~-介质中点腐蚀发生的早期过程进行研究。结果表明, 在点腐蚀发生的早期阶段, 可用特征电位E_r表征表面钝化膜的局部破坏和微点腐蚀的发生, E_r电位与传统的E_P电位不同, E_r电位通常比E_p, 电位更负100—400 mV, E_r电位值与钝化膜的表面状态直接有关, 且随介质Cl~-浓度的增加和pH的降低而负移。在E_r电位附近, 微点腐蚀开始发生, 但一般不能稳定发展, 电位越接近于E_p, 则已发生的微点腐蚀越容易扩展为宏观点腐蚀, 由此, 作者提出“不稳定微点腐蚀”的新概念, 并对不锈钢点腐蚀发生的早期过程机理加以讨论。     

Dynamic electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements of passive layer cracking under static tensile stresses

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy allows the examination of corrosion susceptibility and resistance for different construction materials, in particular the determination of the properties of their passive films. This technique makes possible the analysis of electrochemical processes in time domain, including rapid phenomena such as changes in the properties of passive films, but it has never been used for passive layer cracking examination. In many cases, fracture of the passive film under tensile stresses leads to stress corrosion cracking. Therefore, investigations of passive layer cracking on austenitic stainless steels under tensile stresses facilitate the understanding of the mechanism of stress corrosion cracking in these common engineering materials. The effect of static tensile stresses on the passive film cracking behaviour of type 304L stainless steel immersed in 0.5 M NaCl solution at room temperature has been investigated. This paper presents the impedance spectra obtained for 304L stainless steel samples at different potential values.Contribution to the 3rd Baltic Conference on Electrochemistry, Gdansk-Sobieszewo, Poland, 23–26 April 2003Dedicated to the memory of Harry B. Mark, Jr. (28 February 1934–3 March 2003)     

XPS and AES analysis of passive films on Fe-25Cr-X (X = Mo, V, Si and Nb) model alloys

Corrosion resistance of stainless steel is due to the presence of a thin passive film of typically 1–2 nm thickness. The influence of ternary alloying elements on the composition of passive films on Fe-Cr alloys and their pitting corrosion resistance has been investigated. Iron-chromium alloys were analyzed by XPS and AES with model alloys (Fe-25Cr-X with X = at % Mo, Si, V and Nb) formed in sulphate solution in the presence and absence of chloride ions. All ternary alloying elements increase the pitting potential compared to the corresponding binary alloy. Films formed in chloride containing sulphate solution contain both electrolyte anions. Scanning Auger microscopy reveals that for a two phase system such as Fe-25Cr-11Nb, the dendritic phase is enriched with chromium, while essentially all of the niobium is located in the interdendritic eutectic.     

XPS and AES analysis of passive films on Fe-25Cr-X (X = Mo,V, Si and Nb) model alloys

Corrosion resistance of stainless steel is due to the presence of a thin passive film of typically 1-2 nm thickness. The influence of ternary alloying elements on the composition of passive films on Fe-Cr alloys and their pitting corrosion resistance has been investigated. Iron-chromium alloys were analyzed by XPS and AES with model alloys (Fe-25Cr-X with X = at % Mo, Si, V and Nb) formed in sulphate solution in the presence and absence of chloride ions. All ternary alloying elements increase the pitting potential compared to the corresponding binary alloy. Films formed in chloride containing sulphate solution contain both electrolyte anions. Scanning Auger microscopy reveals that for a two phase system such as Fe-25Cr-11Nb, the dendritic phase is enriched with chromium, while essentially all of the niobium is located in the interdendritic eutectic.     

铬对碳钢在NaHCO3/NaCO3缓冲溶液中所成钝化膜半导体性能的影响

应用电化学阻抗谱技术研究铬对碳钢钝化膜半导体性能的影响.实验表明,在碳酸氢钠/碳酸钠缓冲溶液中碳钢形成的钝化膜具n型半导体特性,而含有3%铬的碳钢钝化膜则呈n-p型半导体特性,随着成膜电位的增加,以上两种钝化膜之Mott-Schottky直线部分的斜率均呈增大的趋势,表明成膜电位升高,膜内的杂质密度减小,但铬的加入使得碳钢钝化膜的施主密度增加约一个数量级,从而增加了碳钢点蚀发生的趋势.EIS分析表明:铬的加入降低了钝化膜的传递电阻R1和膜电阻R2,特别是膜电阻R2下降达3个数量级,这就有可能增加碳钢在高pH值环境中的腐蚀.     

Breakdown potential modelling of austenitic stainless steel

The breakdown potential is a crucial factor in the study of pitting corrosion resistance of stainless steel. This work aims to demonstrate the advantage of different chemometric techniques to estimate the breakdown potential of austenitic stainless steel. In order to predict pitting corrosion behaviour of stainless steel, a total of 60 samples of this alloy were subjected to electrochemical tests varying chloride ion concentration, pH and temperature. The experimental values of the breakdown potential, in addition to the tested environmental factors, were used to construct the predictive models based on support vector machines and artificial neural networks. A multiple‐comparison study based on statistic tests was applied to determine the optimal configuration for each technique. According to the results, support vector machines became a suitable and reliable technique to be applied in the modelling of the breakdown potential of austenitic stainless steels. This technique outperformed the models based on artificial neural networks and provided a useful tool to compare the pitting corrosion resistance of stainless steel in different environmental conditions without recourse to polarization tests. Therefore, this model presented a relevant meaning in science and engineering applications. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Pitting inhibition of stainless steel by surfactants: an electrochemical and surface chemical approach

Pitting corrosion of stainless steels causes tremendous damage in terms of material loss and resulting accidents. Organic surfactants have been tried as pitting inhibitors but the understanding of the inhibition mechanisms is mainly speculative. In the present study the inhibition of the pitting corrosion of 304 stainless steel by N-lauroylsarcosine sodium salt (NLS) in 0.1 M NaCl solutions at neutral pH was studied using an approach that combines surface chemical techniques with electrochemical ones. It was found that NLS increases the pitting resistance of 304 stainless steel, with possible complete inhibition at high NLS concentration (30 mM). Adsorption of NLS on 304 stainless steel particles was directly measured. NLS adsorbs significantly on 304 stainless steel with maximum adsorption density close to bilayer coverage. Electrophoretic mobility data for 304 stainless steel particles show that the surface of 304 stainless steel is negative in NaCl solution at neutral pH. The adsorption of NLS makes the interfacial charge even more negative. The relationship between pitting inhibition and adsorption density of NLS suggests that NLS does not adsorb preferentially on the pit nucleation sites and complete inhibition requires that the whole surface be covered completely by NLS. The inhibition mechanism of NLS is proposed to be due mainly to the blocking effect of a negatively charged NLS adsorption layer. This study shows that in addition to the adsorption amount of surfactant, interfacial charge also plays an important role in pitting inhibition.     

干湿循环下混凝土中钢筋腐蚀的电化学检测

应用电化学噪声技术,结合电化学阻抗谱研究了干湿循环条件下3种不同pH值的3.5%NaCl溶液中混凝土钢筋的腐蚀过程.结果表明,钢筋的腐蚀分为3个阶段:钝化膜的溶解期、腐蚀活化期和腐蚀产物的累积期.在pH1的溶液中经过30个干湿循环后主要以均匀腐蚀为主,而对pH3和pH7溶液,则主要以点蚀为主,散粒噪声分析证实了混凝土中钢筋在强酸性溶液中更容易发生腐蚀.电化学阻抗谱分析也进一步说明了混凝土中钢筋的腐蚀经历了3个阶段:第1阶段Nyquist谱图中出现两个时间常数,高频区为混凝土层的容抗性质,低频区为钢筋与混凝土界面的电荷转移电阻;第2阶段,中频区增加一个时间常数,这与腐蚀产物的累积有关;第3阶段,随着腐蚀产物向混凝土中的扩散,中频区容抗弧有所减小,特别是pH1体系,中频弧几乎消失.SEM形貌表征观察到随着溶液酸度的增加钢筋表面的锈层明显增多.     

Corrosion resistances of passive films on low‐Cr steel and carbon steel in simulated concrete pore solution

The passive ranges of carbon steel rebar and 3Cr steel rebar in saturated Ca(OH)₂‐simulated concrete pore solution with pH 12.6 were determined by means of cyclic voltammetry and potentiodynamic polarization curves. Chronopotentiometry was used to obtain steady‐state conditions for the formation of passive films on rebar samples at different anodic potentials. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, Mott–Schottky and X‐ray photoelectron spectrometer curves were employed to compare the formed passive films at different potentials. Additionally, cyclic polarization curves were used to compare the corrosion resistances of formed passive films on the two rebars in saturated Ca(OH)₂‐simulated concrete pore solution with different concentration of Cl^?. The results show that the passive ranges of the two rebars are all between ?0.15 and +0.6 V, and more stable passive films can be formed on both rebars at the anodic potential of +0.3 V. In the absence of Cl^?, the stability and corrosion resistance of the passive film formed on the 3Cr rebar are better than those of CS rebar. The passive film of 3Cr steel has the relatively better pitting corrosion resistance than carbon steel in saturated Ca(OH)₂‐simulated concrete pore solution that contains different concentration of Cl^?. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Effect of hydrostatic extrusion on passivity breakdown on 303 austenitic stainless steel in chloride solution

The stability of the passive film formed on austenitic 303 stainless steel in the as-received state and after severe plastic deformation by hydrostatic extrusion (HE) leading to nanostructurization was investigated in an aggressive environment containing Cl⁻ ions by anodic polarization. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and stereological image analysis were used to examine structural changes introduced by HE. Surface analytical techniques such as light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), and scanning Auger microscopy (SAM) were used to characterize the morphology, grain size, and chemistry of the surface, including local characterization of nonmetallic inclusions and their surface before and after HE. SAM analysis revealed discontinuities of the passive oxide film on MnS inclusions. TEM and scanning transmission electron microscopy examinations confirm a drastic reduction of grain size accompanied by a distinct refinement of the size of sulfide inclusions in the HE matrix. These changes in the HE 303 stainless steel are apparently responsible for its reduced pitting resistance compared to the as-received material. Contribution to the Fall Meeting of the European Materials Research Society, Symposium D: 9th International Symposium on Electrochemical–Chemical Reactivity of Metastable Materials, Warsaw, 17th–21st September, 2007.     

合金元素及模拟热处理对2205双相不锈钢之孔蚀性质影响

本文研究了Ｎｉ元素及不同模拟焊后热影响区（ＨＡＺ）组织对２２０５双相不锈钢孔蚀性质之影响。结果发现：在研究成分范围内，不同Ｎｉ含量对于底材电化学极化曲线之影响不大，其Ｅｎｐ和Ｅｎｐ均在１１００￣１２００ｍＶ之间。     

不锈钢钝化膜耐蚀性与半导体特性的关联研究

通过极化曲线、交流阻抗谱和钝化膜半导体特性等电化学测量，研究了经电化学阳极氧化处理的不锈钢钝化膜在0.5 mol•L^-1 NaCl溶液中耐蚀性能与其半导体特性的关系，进一步探索电化学改性处理不锈钢钝化膜的耐蚀机理. 结果表明，不锈钢钝化膜在负于平带电位范围表现为p型半导体，在高于平带电位范围表现为n型半导体，这主要与组成钝化膜的Fe和Cr氧化物半导体性质有关. 与自然条件下形成的不锈钢钝化膜比较，发现经过电化学阳极氧化后不锈钢钝化膜具有较低的施主与受主浓度，平带电位负移，说明阴离子在钝化膜表面发生吸附. 低的施主与受主浓度及钝化膜表面负电荷的增强，可有效排斥侵蚀性Cl^－在钝化膜表面的特性吸附，有利于提高不锈钢的耐局部腐蚀性能.     

Fe基合金钝化膜点蚀敏感性的电化学研究

应用电位扫描、交流阻抗、电化学噪声等方法研究Fe及其合金在中性水溶液中钝化膜的形成过程、电子性质和点蚀敏感性以及不同微组织结构间的相互作用.结果表明:由Mott-Schot tky关系式确定钝化膜的电子性质仅限于较窄的低电位范围;在较高电位下,电容倒数与电位的线性关系当归因于钝化膜厚度的变化;反映钝化膜缺陷的电子性质与合金的点蚀敏感性有关,钝化膜电子供给体浓度越高,点蚀倾向越强。钝化膜的电子性质受钝化膜形成电位、钝化剂种类以及合金的微组织结构影响;不同微组织结构之间存在相互作用,这种相互作用能够诱导缺陷较大的一方发生点蚀。铁素体与珠光体和/或马素体相互作用时,点蚀在铁素体形成和发展.     

A zirconia-polyester glycol coating on differently pretreated AISI 316L stainless steel: corrosion behavior in chloride solution

The effect of zirconia and zirconia-polyester glycol hybrid coatings on the corrosion resistance of mechanically polished or anodized AISI 316 stainless steel (316L), was studied by potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in 0.1 M NaCl and scanning electron microscope and atomic force microscopy examinations. The deposition of zirconia coatings was achieved by the sol–gel technique by immersing the samples in either the inorganic polymer or the organic–inorganic polymer mixture. From potentiodynamic and impedance measurements, the grade of protection is reduced with the exposure time to the electrolyte, which is mainly associated with lost of film adhesion and, consequently, detachment from the metal substrate. However, the uncoated anodized sample revealed an unexpected corrosion behavior; the anodic film formed during anodizing readily increased the corrosion resistance of the 316L stainless steel in 0.1 M NaCl, revealing a considerable reduction in the corrosion current density and an increase in the pitting potential.     

18／8型不锈钢在受力形变条件下腐蚀电化学行为的研究

应用电化学稳态技术、电化交流阻、抗微区电化学技术及扫描电等方法，研究１８／８型不锈钢在Ｎａ２Ｓ２Ｏ３稀溶液中，受外力形变条件下，的腐蚀电化学行为，结果表明，力学因素可使表面腐蚀电化学活性增加，表面微裂纹的发生、消失和再钝化的动态过程，同时受电位和拉应力的影响；点腐蚀可优先发生在应力集中位置，点蚀的发展可能诱导不锈钢的应力腐蚀开裂。     

苯并三唑对水泥砂浆中钢筋的阻锈作用

应用腐蚀电位(E_corr)、极化电阻(R_p)和砂浆保护层电阻率(ρ_c)研究了苯并三唑(BTA)对钢筋电极腐蚀电化学行为的影响. 通过电化学阻抗谱(EIS)、循环极化(CP)和循环伏安(CV)结果对比了BTA与NaNO₂ (SN)对钢筋电极在未处理、预锈蚀和内掺氯盐3种状态下3.5% (w)氯盐浸泡360 d后的阻锈效率. 利用环境扫描电镜(ESEM)与能谱分析(EDS)解释了BTA对水泥基材料中钢筋的阻锈机理. 结果表明: 3种状态下BTA均能明显降低砂浆中钢筋的均匀腐蚀速率, 且其阻锈效率高于SN. 在未处理与预锈状态下, BTA抑制点蚀的能力稍弱于SN; 但在内掺氯盐的状态下, BTA表现出了较大的点蚀阻力. BTA除了能在钢筋表面形成复杂的保护膜, 从而有效抑制氯盐的破钝化作用. ESEM/EDS结果表明BTA还能与砂浆基体形成较多富钙C-S-H凝胶, 可能优化了钢筋/砂浆界面区的孔结构, 形成更致密的微观结构, 显著延缓了氯盐向钢筋表面的传输进程, 较好地保护了钢筋. 适量的BTA对砂浆360 d的基本力学性能无明显影响.