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Intergranular Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steel Coating with Ultralow Dilution Rates Manufactured by Tungsten Arc Welding Technology

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The deposition of austenitic stainless steel coatings on high-strength low-alloy steel surfaces was a common method in engineering. However, excessive dilution of the substrate resulting in degradation of the coating properties is a constant challenge. In this paper, tungsten argon arc welding (TIG) technology was optimized based on the response surface method to produce a very low dilution (4%) stainless steel coating on the surface of Q355 steel. The intergranular corrosion sensitivity of the two coatings was tested by the double-loop electrochemical potentiodynamic reactivation technique. The DOS value of the coating made by the TIG technique (6.83%) is lower than that of the coating made by flux-cored arc welding (9.31%). The improved intergranular corrosion resistance is attributed to the dilution rate, grain size, grain boundary type, and inclusions. A technique of manufacturing low dilution coatings is provided, achieving a 50% savings in welding material.

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Acknowledgments

This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 51875403, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant 2020M670651, and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology.

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    Yaowei Wang, Yiming Huang, Lixin Wang & Lijun Yang

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    Yaowei Wang, Yiming Huang, Lixin Wang & Lijun Yang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

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Wang, Y., Huang, Y., Wang, L. et al. Intergranular Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steel Coating with Ultralow Dilution Rates Manufactured by Tungsten Arc Welding Technology. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 31, 2445–2456 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-021-06358-z

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