Liquid Metal Corrosion of 316L Stainless Steel, 410 Stainless Steel, and 1015 Carbon Steel
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LiquidMetalCorrosionof316LStainlessSteel,410Stainless
Steel,and1015CarbonSteelinaMoltenZincBath
JINGXU,MARKA.BRIGHT,XINGBOLIU,andEVERBARBERO
Corrosiontestsof1015low-carbonsteelandtwostainlesssteels(410and316L)wereconductedinapurezincbath(99.98wtpctZn)inordertobetterunderstandthereactionmechanismsthatoccurduringthedegradationofsubmergedhardwareatindustrialgeneral(batch)galvanizingoperations.Throughthistesting,itwasfoundthat,ingeneral,316Lstainlesssteelshowedthebestdissolutionresistanceamongthesethreealloys,while1015carbonsteelprovidedalowersolubilitythan410stainlesssteel.Investigatingthefailuremechanisms,bothmetallurgicalcompositionandlatticestructureplayedimportantrolesinthemoltenmetalcorrosionbehaviorsofthesealloys.Highcontentsofnickelcombinedwiththeinfluenceofchromiumimprovedtheresistancetomoltenzinccorrosion.Moreover,aface-centered-cubic(fcc)struc-turewasmorecorrosionresistantthanbody-centered-cubic(bcc)possiblyduetothecom-pactnessoftheatomicstructure.Analogously,thebody-centered-tetragonal(bct)martensitelatticestructurepossessedenhancedsusceptibilitytozinccorrosionasaresultofthegreateratomicspacingandhighstrainenergy.Finally,anincreasedbathtemperatureplayedanimportantroleinmoltenmetalcorrosionbyacceleratingthedissolutionprocessandchangingthenatureofintermetalliclayers.
DOI:10.1007/s11661-007-9320-5ÓTheMinerals,Metals&MaterialsSocietyandASMInternational2007
I.INTRODUCTIONHOTdipzinc-coatedsteelproductionhasincreaseddramaticallyoverthepastdecadeduetoitsrelativeeconomicbenefitsoverothercorrosion-resistantmate-rials.Asaresultofthisincreaseddemand,theneedforgreatermanufacturingefficiencyinthegalvanizingprocesshasalsogainedprominence.Numerousprojectshaveinvestigatedthemoltenmetalcorrosionaspectsofmaterialsanddesignsusedforthesubmergedpotrollsandotherhardwareofcontinuoussheetgalvanizingoperations.[1,2]Thedegradationandfrequentfailureofthesestructuresresultsinsignificantproductiondown-timeandleadstohighmaintenancecostsduetoextensiverepairandreplacement.[3]Inordertoprolongtheservicelifeoftheserolls,manystudieshaveattemptedtoobtainabetterunderstandingofthecorrosionbehaviorofthehardwarematerialsinavarietyofcompositionalcoatingbaths.[4–8]However,thetestconditionsandfocusofeachoftheprojectshavebeenquitebroad,encompassingferrousalloys,cobaltalloys,coatings,andweldmaterials.Concurrently,extensiveresearchhasbeenexecutedtodefinetheequilibriumphasediagramsrelevanttogalvanizingapplications.AstandardZn-Al-Fephasediagramhasonlyrecentlybeenaccepted,[9]whileothermoreadvancedzincphasediagramsinvolvingCr,Ni,Co,andothersarecurrentlybeingformulated.[10–13]How-ever,withthisarrayofresearchfocusedonmaterialsforcontinuousgalvanizingpotrolls,minimalefforthasbeendirectedtowardunderstandingthemoltenmetalreactionsofhardwareandcontainmentkettlesem-ployedingeneral(batch)galvanizing,[14,15]whichuseszincpossessingverylowlevelsofaluminumand,hence,vastlydifferentcorrosionproperties.[16]Inthecurrentresearcheffort,moltenmetalcorrosiontestsofthreeferrousalloys(1015low-carbonsteel,410martensiticstainlesssteel,and316Lausteniticstainlesssteel)wereconductedinpurezinc(99.99wtpctZn)toobtainabetterunderstandingofthesolubilityofstructuralmaterialsinatypicalgeneral(batch)galva-nizingenvironment.Thetasksentailedexploringthedissolutionandcorrosionkineticsofironinmoltenzincbyobservingthenatureandrateofthecorrosionattackandtheinterfacialreactionsbetweenthetestedhard-warematerialsandliquidzinc.Theeffectofthechromiumcontentinthesubstratematerials,aswellastheintrinsicphasedifferencestherein,wasalsoreviewed.Theexperimentalresultsfromthisstudynotonlyenrichtheknowledgepoolofliquid-metalcorrosion,butalsoprovidesolidcluestotheeffectiveselectionofsub-mergedhardwarematerialsandthepredictionofcor-respondingoperatingparameters,suchasthemaintenancefrequencyandtheservicelifeestimation.
II.EXPERIMENTALSETUP
A.MaterialsThreetypesofsteels(316Lausteniticstainlesssteel,410martensiticstainlesssteel,and1015ferritic
carbonJINGXU,GraduateResearchAssistant,XINGBOLIU,AssistantProfessor,andEVERBARBERO,Professor,arewiththeMechanical&AerospaceEngineeringDepartment,WestVirginiaUniversity,Morgantown,WV26506.Contacte-mail:Xingbo.liu@mail.wvu.eduMARKA.BRIGHT,TechnologyManager,iswiththeMetaullicsSystems(DivisionofPyrotekIncorporated),Solon,OH44139.ManuscriptsubmittedFebruary7,2007.ArticlepublishedonlineSeptember20,2007.
METALLURGICALANDMATERIALSTRANSACTIONSAVOLUME38A,NOVEMBER2007—2727steel;TableI)containingvariableamountsofchro-mium,nickel,andmolybdenumwereconsideredforthisinvestigation.Eachmaterialwascoldrolledandannealedpriortomachiningtestsamples(15.9-mmdiameterby50.8-mmlength).Dimensionsandweightsofthespecimenswerethenrecordedafterpickling,degreasing,andcleaningindiluteHCl,acetone,andalcohol,successively.