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Steel Microstructure Effect on Mechanical Properties and Corrosion Behavior of High Strength Low Carbon Steel

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Different thermomechanical treatments were applied to a high strength low carbon steel with a novel chemical composition. As a result, three different microstructures were produced with dissimilar mechanical and corrosion properties. Subsequently, a tempering heat treatment was applied to redistribute the phases in the steel. Microstructure A with 56 pct martensite and 32 pct bainite presented high strength but medium ductility; microstructure C with 95 pct ferrite and 3 pct martensite/austenite resulted in low strength and high ductility, and finally microstructure B with 98 pct bainite and 2 pct martensite/austenite resulted in high strength and ductility. Alternatively the corrosion behavior obtained by polarization curves was characterized in 0.1 M H2SO4, 3 M H2SO4, 3.5 wt pct NaCl, and NS4 solutions resulting in similar magnitudes, while the corrosion behavior acquired by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy had slightly differences in 3 M H2SO4.

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Financial support from Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT, México) Ph.D. scholarship to J.I.B.-F is gratefully acknowledged. In addition, the authors want to thank Ivan Puente Lee from Facultad de Química, UNAM, for his help in the SEM and TEM work.

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  1. Facultad de Química-Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, Mexico, D.F., Mexico

    Jesus Israel Barraza-Fierro (PhD Student) & Bernardo Campillo-Illanes (Professor)

  2. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, National Center for Education and Research Corrosion and Materials Performance, The University of Akron, 264 Wolf Ledges Pkwy 213D, Akron, OH, 44325, USA

    Jesus Israel Barraza-Fierro (PhD Student), Ximing Li (PhD Student) & Homero Castaneda (Assistant Professor)

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Barraza-Fierro, J.I., Campillo-Illanes, B., Li, X. et al. Steel Microstructure Effect on Mechanical Properties and Corrosion Behavior of High Strength Low Carbon Steel. Metall Mater Trans A 45, 3981–3994 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-014-2320-3

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