Low-Temperature Nitrocarburizing of Austenitic Stainless Steel for Combat Corrosion in H2S Environments

Longyi Li; Jun Wang; Zhenghua Tang; Jing Yan; Hongyuan Fan; Bo Zeng; Xiaoying Li; Hanshan Dong

doi:10.1007/s11661-020-05802-4

Low-Temperature Nitrocarburizing of Austenitic Stainless Steel for Combat Corrosion in H₂S Environments

Longyi Li, Jun Wang, Zhenghua Tang^*, Jing Yan, Hongyuan Fan, Bo Zeng, Xiaoying Li, Hanshan Dong

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Metallurgy and Materials

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Abstract

The time-dependent experiment was performed to investigate the corrosion behavior of low-temperature liquid nitrocarburized (LNC) 304 austenitic stainless steel in wet H₂S environments. Characteristics of H₂S corrosion products, as well as localized corrosion behavior, were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and optical profilometry. The results revealed that the untreated steels, of which the H₂S corrosion product layer on the untreated surface thickened but displayed a layered defect structure as the corrosion proceeded, had a higher weight loss than the LNC. Energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) served to reveal the relationship between corrosion behavior and the content of sulfur, chromium, and other elements, and the valences of these elements were illustrated by XPS. The surface morphology after removing corrosion products showed that the presence of nitrocarburized S phase could prevent general corrosion and inhibit pit propagation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4242-4256
Number of pages	15
Journal	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
Volume	51
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-020-05802-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2020

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Funding Information:
The authors are grateful for the grants provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51471112 and 51611130204), the Science and Technology Planning Project of Sichuan (Grant No. 2016GZ0173), and the Royal Society, United Kingdom (Newton Mobility Grant No. IE151027).

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© 2020, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and ASM International.

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Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Metals and Alloys

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