Corrosion and Protection of Stainless Steels
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Corrosion and Protection".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 38950
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electrochemical techniques; corrosion mechanisms; experimental data modelling; uniform, localized, selective and galvanic corrosion; corrosion in concrete with particular reference to galvanized rebars; stainless steels; zinc and zinc alloys; aluminum alloys; conversion coatings, cathodic protection; development of workstations and/or probes for monitoring corrosion processes, galvanic corrosion and cathodic protection
Interests: corrosion mechanisms; corrosion of passive metals; electrochemical techniques; cathodic protection; corrosion and cathodic protection monitoring; a.c. and d.c. interference corrosion; corrosion of steel in concrete.
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Stainless steels (SSs) are well-known and widely used for many applications thanks to their high corrosion resistance in several natural and industrial environments, high mechanical performances, and low maintenance requirements, which will contribute to the market growth in the coming years.
The high corrosion resistance of SSs is due to the formation of a thin and protective surface oxide layer, which makes them passive. Such a characteristic is strongly related to the content of chromium and molybdenum, which defines the Pitting Resistance Equivalent Number (PREN), a widely used index supplying preliminary information on their localized corrosion susceptibility. This form of corrosion, as pitting and crevice, is one of the most studied ones, in terms of initiation and propagation phenomena, occurring with high penetration rates. On the other hand, PREN is not always sufficient to assess the real corrosion behavior of SSs under common exposure conditions. Microstructural and chemical-physics characteristics of SSs surface, as the presence of different phases, roughness, morphology and composition of more or less protective oxides after welding and/or pickling-passivation treatments, etc. cannot be neglected in the research. In addition, uniform corrosion of SSs must be included, considering both strong acidic and/or chlorides rich solutions.
All these corrosion forms can determine severe and costly damages in different applications.
This Special Issue aims to give an updated outlook on all possible SSs corrosion phenomena and the corresponding methods to protect these alloys, belonging to different families and grades, in wet exposure environments, characterized by various chemical-physics parameters. Possible corrosion prevention methods are included, as well. Original and innovative research articles and reviews, reporting theoretical mechanisms, data elaboration and modelling, electrochemical methods and experimental designs for making investigations within this topic are expected. Critical analysis of cases studies and failure analysis derived from industrial and field applications will also be eagerly accepted.
Prof. Dr. Tiziano Bellezze
Dr. Andrea Brenna
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- stainless steels
- passive film
- localized corrosion
- uniform corrosion
- corrosion mechanisms
- data elaboration and modelling
- electrochemical methods
- material selection
- corrosion protection methods
- corrosion monitoring
- industrial applications
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