Abstract
Four peak temperatures and two cooling rates were used in a Gleeble thermomechanical processing machine to simulate weld HAZ of API X-80 pipeline steel. Bainitic microstructures were observed at both 30 and 100 °C/s cooling rates. Bainite favoured higher passive current densities in alkaline solutions. The lowest peak temperature, 770 °C, produced the highest martensite-retained austenite (M-A) phase in the microstructure. Presence of M-A phases in the microstructure extended the passive region to higher potentials in alkaline solutions. Corrosion current density of the as-received sample was higher in acidic solutions and lower in alkaline solutions compared to the heat-treated ones.
| Original language | British English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 323-333 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Corrosion Science |
| Volume | 63 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2012 |
Keywords
- A. Low alloy steel
- B. Polarisation
- C. Acid corrosion
- C. Alkaline corrosion
- C. Welding