Fast testing of ambient temperature pitting corrosion in type 2205 duplex stainless steel by bipolar electrochemistry experiments
Yiqi Zhou, Dirk Engelberg
Abstract
Commercial grade type 2205 duplex stainless steel is resistant to localised corrosion at room temperature. With the application of bipolar electrochemistry, pitting and crevice corrosion can be probed at room temperature, with corrosion pits nucleated in 0.1 M HCl within 15 s of exposure. The evolution of localised corrosion kinetics as a function of applied electrochemical potential is discussed. Pit nucleation occurred at the interface between ferrite and austenite, growing into the ferrite phase. Pits with lacy covers formed via selective dissolution of the ferrite.
Topics & Concepts
Materials sciencePitting corrosionCorrosionMetallurgyFerrite (magnet)Duplex (building)DissolutionNucleationElectrochemistryAusteniteCrevice corrosionDual-phase steelMicrostructureComposite materialElectrodeChemical engineeringChemistryDNAEngineeringBiochemistryMartensitePhysical chemistryOrganic chemistryHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metalsCorrosion Behavior and InhibitionConcrete Corrosion and Durability