Corrosion Activity of Carbon Steel B450C and Stainless Steel SS430 Exposed to Extract Solution of a Supersulfated Cement

Carbon steel B450C and low-chromium stainless steel SS430 were exposed for 30 days to supersulfated “SS1” cement extract solution, considered as a “green” alternative for partial replacement of the Portland cement clinker. The initial pH of 12.38 dropped since the first day to 7.84, accompanied by a...

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Autores: Bonfil, David, Veleva, Lucien, Feliú Jr., S., Escalante-García, José I.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/289530
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/289530
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Carbon steel
Stainless steel
Pumice
Supersulfated cement
Portland cement
Cement extract solution
Corrosion potential
pH
SEM-EDS
XRD
XPS
EIS
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Sumario:Carbon steel B450C and low-chromium stainless steel SS430 were exposed for 30 days to supersulfated “SS1” cement extract solution, considered as a “green” alternative for partial replacement of the Portland cement clinker. The initial pH of 12.38 dropped since the first day to 7.84, accompanied by a displacement to more negative values of the free corrosion potential (OCP) of the carbon steel up to ≈−480.74 mV, giving the formation of γ-FeOOH, α-FeOOH and FeO, as suggested by XRD and XPS analysis. In the meantime, the OCP of the SS430 tended towards more positive values (+182.50 mV), although at lower pH, and XPS analysis revealed the presence of Cr(OH) and FeO as corrosion products, as well the crystals of CaCO, NaCl and KCl. On both surfaces, a localized corrosion attack was observed in the vicinity of local cathodes (Cu, Mn-carbides, Cr-nitrides, among others), influenced by the presence of Cl ions in the “SS1” extract solution, originating from the pumice. Two equivalent circuits were proposed for the quantitative analysis of EIS Nyquist and Bode diagrams, whose data were correlated with the OCP values and pH change in time of the “SS1” extract solution. The thickness of the corrosion layer formed on the SS430 surface was ≈0.8 nm, while that on the B450C layer was ≈0.3 nm.