Correlation between Corrosion Rate and Composition of Crystalline Corrosion Products Formed on Weathering Steels

  • Kamimura Takayuki
    Corporate Research and Development Laboratories, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
  • Yamashita Masato
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Himeji Institute of Technology
  • Uchida Hitoshi
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Himeji Institute of Technology
  • Miyuki Hideaki
    Corporate Research and Development Laboratories, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.

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The correlation between corrosion rate and compositions of crystalline corrosion products formed on weathering steels exposed to different amount of air-borne sea salt particles has been investigated by the X-ray diffraction method. The mass ratio (α⁄γ) of crystalline α-FeOOH to γ-FeOOH, in the rust formed on the weathering steels exposed at an industrial environment increases with an increase in exposure duration. The ratio α⁄γ is closely related to the corrosion rate in environments when the amount of air-borne salt is less than 0.2 mg NaCl/dm2/day. However this is not the case in seaside environments with higher amount of air-borne salts. The mass ratio (α⁄γ*) of crystalline α-FeOOH to the total mass of γ-FeOOH, β-FeOOH and Fe3O4, in the rust formed on the weathering steels is related to the corrosion rate even in seaside environments certainly more than 0.2 mg/dm2/day of air-borne sea salt particles. When the ratio α⁄γ* is more than 1, the higher corrosion rate more than 0.01 mm/y is not observed. The ratio α⁄γ* is expected to be an index for evaluating the corrosion resistance of the weathering steels even in atmosphere containing higher salt content.

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