The Corrosion Susceptibility of 304L Stainless Steel Exposed to Crevice Environments
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Procedures
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. The Crevice Corrosion Test
3.2. The Crevice Corrosion Test under Tensile Stress
3.3. The EBSD Analysis
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Element | C | Si | Cr | Ni | Mn | S | Fe |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
wt% | 0.017 | 0.45 | 18 | 9 | 1.54 | 0.029 | Bal |
Composition | NaCl2 | MgCl2·6H2O | Na2SO4 | CaCl2 | KCl | NaHCO3 | KBr | H3BO3 | SrCl2·6H2O | NaF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | 58.49 | 26.46 | 9.75 | 2.765 | 1.645 | 0.477 | 0.238 | 0.071 | 0.095 | 0.007 |
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Tsai K-C, Yeh C-P. The Corrosion Susceptibility of 304L Stainless Steel Exposed to Crevice Environments. Materials. 2022; 15(9):3055. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15093055
Chicago/Turabian StyleTsai, Kun-Chao, and Chun-Ping Yeh. 2022. "The Corrosion Susceptibility of 304L Stainless Steel Exposed to Crevice Environments" Materials 15, no. 9: 3055. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15093055