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Corrosion Behaviors of Carbon Steel and Ni-Advanced Weathering Steel Exposed to Tropical Marine Atmosphere

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The corrosion behaviors of carbon steel and Ni-advanced weathering steel exposed to tropical marine atmosphere were investigated by using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscope and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements. The results showed that Ni had almost no effect on corrosion kinetics and electrochemical performance of Ni-advanced weathering steel in mild atmosphere. Conversely, Ni-advanced weathering steel in marine atmosphere showed a significant superiority in improving corrosion resistance compared with carbon steel. Moreover, the mass formation of NiFe2O4 in the inner rust layer promoted the stability of the corrosion resistance improvement rate of Ni-advanced weathering steel with the increase in exposure time. Therefore, Ni-advanced weathering steel seemed to be more suitable for the harsh marine atmospheric environment.

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The authors are grateful to the funding support from the National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFE0203600), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51571027) and the National Environmental Corrosion Platform (NECP).

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    Yueming Fan, Wei Liu, Zongteng Sun, Yonggang Zhao, Baojun Dong, Tianyi Zhang, Wongpat Banthukul & Xiaogang Li

  2. Faculty of International Maritime Studies, Kasetsart University, Sriracha, Chonburi, 20230, Thailand

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Fan, Y., Liu, W., Sun, Z. et al. Corrosion Behaviors of Carbon Steel and Ni-Advanced Weathering Steel Exposed to Tropical Marine Atmosphere. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 29, 6417–6426 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-020-05153-6

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