Corrosion behavior of field-exposed electrogalvanized steel plate in marine atmosphere

  • Kun Pang
  • , Wenkui Hao
  • , Junsheng Wu
  • , Dongdong Peng
  • , Xiaogang Li*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Corrosion behavior of electrogalvanized steel plate exposed to atmospheres at Qingdao located at the East coast of China and Xishuangbanna, an area of tropical rainforest climate, located at Yunnan province respectively for 2 a was investigated by means of weight- loss measurement, macro-morphology observation, SEM and XRD etc. The electrochemical behavior of the plate in solutions with different chloride concentration was studied by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The results showed that the corrosion rates of the steel exposed to the atmospheres at Qingdao and Xishuangbanna are 0.76 and 0.1935 μm/a respectively. Local red rust was observed on the surface of the steel plate exposed to Qingdao atmosphere, which consists of Zn5(OH)8Cl2H2O, ZnO and Zn(OH)2. In the atmosphere at Xishuangbanna, the main corrosion products are 2ZnCO3·3Zn(OH)2, ZnO and Zn(OH)2. Inhomogeneous general corrosion occurs in the two test areas and the electrogalvanized steel plate suffered more severely from corrosion in the atmosphere at Qingdao because of the influence of Cl-.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)221-228
Number of pages8
JournalCorrosion Science and Protection Technology
Volume28
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2016
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  2. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water

Keywords

  • Cl
  • Electrogalvanizing zinc
  • Marine atmosphere corrosion tropical rainforest

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