Crevice Corrosion Behavior of Alloy 690 in High-Temperature Aerated Chloride Solution
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Materials and Crevice Device
2.2. Crevice Corrosion Immersion Test
2.3. Methodology
3. Results
3.1. Surface Appearance
3.2. XRD Analysis of Oxide Films
3.3. XPS Analysis of Oxide Films
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Material | C | N | S | P | Mn | Ti | Al | Si | Cu | Fe | Cr | Ni |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alloy 690 | 0.03 | 0.013 | 0.001 | 0.007 | 0.293 | 0.202 | 0.202 | 0.292 | 0.01 | 10.61 | 30.04 | 58.3 |
Element | Species | Binding Energy (eV) |
---|---|---|
O | O2− (1s) | 530.3 |
OH− (1s) | 531.7 | |
Ni | Ni0 (2p3/2) | 852.7 |
Ni0 sat (2p3/2) | 858.5 | |
Ni2+OX (2p3/2) | 854.4 | |
Ni2+OH (2p3/2) | 856.5 | |
Ni2+sat (2p3/2) | 861.7 | |
Cr | Cr0 (2p3/2) | 574.3 |
Cr3+OX (2p3/2) | 576.1 | |
Cr3+OH (2p3/2) | 577.6 |
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Ning, F.; Tan, J.; Zhang, Z.; Wang, X.; Wu, X.; Han, E.-H.; Ke, W. Crevice Corrosion Behavior of Alloy 690 in High-Temperature Aerated Chloride Solution. Materials 2022, 15, 5434. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15155434
Ning F, Tan J, Zhang Z, Wang X, Wu X, Han E-H, Ke W. Crevice Corrosion Behavior of Alloy 690 in High-Temperature Aerated Chloride Solution. Materials. 2022; 15(15):5434. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15155434
Chicago/Turabian StyleNing, Fangqiang, Jibo Tan, Ziyu Zhang, Xiang Wang, Xinqiang Wu, En-Hou Han, and Wei Ke. 2022. "Crevice Corrosion Behavior of Alloy 690 in High-Temperature Aerated Chloride Solution" Materials 15, no. 15: 5434. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15155434