Mössbauer Spectroscopic Study of Rust Formed on a Weathering Steel and a Mild Steel Exposed for a Long Term in an Industrial Environment

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  • Kamimura Takayuki
    Corporate Research and Development Laboratories, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
  • Nasu Saburo
    Division of Materials Physics, Department of Physical Science,Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
  • Tazaki Takashi
    Division of Materials Physics, Department of Physical Science,Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
  • Kuzushita Kaori
    Division of Materials Physics, Department of Physical Science,Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
  • Morimoto Shotaro
    Division of Materials Physics, Department of Physical Science,Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

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The rusts formed on mild steel (15-year exposure) and weathering steel (32-year exposure) exposed to an industrial environment have been characterized by means of X-ray diffraction technique and 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. By using an X-ray diffraction method, it is suggested that the rusts formed on both steels consist of the crystalline α-FeOOH, γ-FeOOH and an X-ray amorphous phase, which gives no peak to X-ray diffraction pattern. The amount of the X-ray amorphous phase exceeds 50% of the total amount of the rust. The 57Fe Mössbauer spectra observed at 10 K indicate that the rust contains only α-FeOOH, γ-FeOOH and Fe3−δO4 (γ-Fe2O3) for mild steel, and only α-FeOOH and γ-FeOOH for weathering steel. The X-ray amorphous substance in the rust layer formed on mild steel possesses the structures of mainly α-FeOOH showing superparamagnetism owing to its small particle size, and Fe3−δO4 (γ-Fe2O3). They are contained both in the inner rust layer and in the outer rust layer. The X-ray amorphous phase in the rust layer formed on weathering steel is mainly α-FeOOH.

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  • MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS

    MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS 43 (4), 694-703, 2002

    The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials

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