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Corrosion Behavior of TiC and (Ti,W)C-Reinforced Fe-17Mn and Fe-17Mn-3Al Austenitic Steel Matrix In Situ Composites

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The corrosion behavior of Fe-17Mn and Fe-17Mn-3Al austenitic steel matrix composites reinforced with TiC and (Ti,W)C particles, during exposure to a 3.5% NaCl aqueous solution has been reported. The corrosion behavior of these composites has been evaluated by potentiodynamic polarization curves and linear polarization resistance measurements at a scan rate of 1 mV/s at room temperature (25 ± 2 °C). Tafel extrapolation technique has been used in calculating the corrosion current density (I corr) and corrosion potential (E corr). It has been observed that the corrosion resistance of the composites is less than that of their corresponding unreinforced matrix materials. The corrosion resistance increases with the addition of aluminum. The corrosion resistance of (Ti,W)C-reinforced composite is more than that of TiC-reinforced composite in the case of Fe-17Mn matrix while the same is not very different in the case of TiC and (Ti,W)C-reinforced Fe-17Mn-3Al austenitic steel matrix composites.

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  1. Center of Excellence, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, School of Engineering, O. P. Jindal University, Raigarh, 496001, India

    Ashok Kumar Srivastava

  2. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302, India

    Karabi Das

  3. Steel Foundry, Bokaro Steel Plant, Steel Authority of India Limited, Bokaro, India

    Sandeep Kr. Toor

  4. Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, Nagano, 3808553, Japan

    Koh-ichi Sugimoto

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Srivastava, A.K., Das, K., Toor, S.K. et al. Corrosion Behavior of TiC and (Ti,W)C-Reinforced Fe-17Mn and Fe-17Mn-3Al Austenitic Steel Matrix In Situ Composites. Metallogr. Microstruct. Anal. 4, 371–380 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13632-015-0213-5

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