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Corrosion Behavior of Fe41Co7Cr15Mo14C15B6Y2 Bulk Metallic Glass in Sulfuric Acid Solutions

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An Fe41Co7Cr15Mo14C15B6Y2 bulk metallic glass with a diameter of 5 mm was prepared with the copper-mold-casting method. The corrosion resistance of this amorphous steel in sulfuric-acid solutions was determined by electrochemical measurements. The passive film formed on the surface of the alloy after immersion in the 0.5-mol/l H2SO4 solution for 1 week was analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Electrochemical measurements show that the corrosion resistance of the amorphous steel in the 1 mol/l-H2SO4 solution is superior to a stainless steel (SUS 321), and is almost the same as Ti6Al4V, which shows that the amorphous steel has an excellent corrosion resistance in sulfuric-acid solutions. As the concentration of the sulfuric-acid solutions increases from 0.5 mol/l to 4 mol/l, the corrosion resistance of the amorphous steel decreases. The XPS result reveals that a bilayer structure of protective film formed on the surface of the amorphous steel in a H2SO4 solution. The compositions of the inner part of the film are MoO2, Cr2O3, CoO, and FeO, and those of the outer film are MoO3, Cr(OH)3, Co(OH)2, and Fe(OH)3.

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This study was supported financially by the National Nature Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 50871034, and by the Excellent Youth Foundation of Heilongjiang Province under Grant No. JC200806. P.K. Liaw and G.Y. Wang appreciate the support by the United States National Science Foundation; the Combined Research-Curriculum Development Program, under EEC-9527527 and EEC-0203415; the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program, under DGE-9987548; the International Materials Institutes Program, under DMR-0231320; the Major Research Instrumentation Program, under DMR-0421219; the Division of Civil, Mechanical, Manufacture, and Innovation Program, under CMMI-0900271; and the Materials World Network Program, under DMR-00909037, with Ms. M. Poats, and Drs. C.V. Hartesveldt, D. Dutta, P.W. Jennings, L.S. Goldberg, L. Clesceri, C. Huber, C.E. Bouldin, Dr. C.V. Cooper, Dr. D. Finotello, and Dr. A. Ardell as contract monitors.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding Production Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P.R. China

    H. B. Fan (Associate Professor), W. Zheng (Ph.D. Student) & J. Shen (Professor)

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA

    G. Y. Wang (Senior Research Fellow) & P. K. Liaw (Professor)

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Fan, H.B., Zheng, W., Wang, G.Y. et al. Corrosion Behavior of Fe41Co7Cr15Mo14C15B6Y2 Bulk Metallic Glass in Sulfuric Acid Solutions. Metall Mater Trans A 42, 1524–1533 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-010-0500-3

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