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Pitting corrosion resistance of a novel duplex alloy steel in alkali-activated slag extract in the presence of chloride ions

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In this study, two types of reinforcing steels (conventional low-carbon steel and a novel duplex alloy steel with Cr and Mo) were exposed to chloride-contaminated extract solutions (ordinary Portland cement (OPC) extract and alkali-activated slag (AAS) extract) to investigate their pitting corrosion resistance. The results confirm that the pitting corrosion resistance of the alloy steel is much higher than that of the low-carbon steel in both extract solutions with various NaCl concentrations. Moreover, for each type of steel, the AAS extract contributes to a higher pitting corrosion resistance compared with the OPC extract in the presence of chloride ions, likely because of the formation of flocculent precipitates on the steel surface.

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The work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51461135001 and 51678144), the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (No. 2015CB655100), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20161420), the Industry-University Research Cooperative Innovation Fund of Jiangsu Province (No. BY2013091), and the China- Japan Research Cooperative Program by Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2016YFE0118200).

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Shi, Jj., Ming, J. & Liu, X. Pitting corrosion resistance of a novel duplex alloy steel in alkali-activated slag extract in the presence of chloride ions. Int J Miner Metall Mater 24, 1134–1144 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-017-1504-4

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