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<p>A number of factors determine the mechanical, but also physical and chemical properties. One of the most important are the steel microstructure and its working conditions. A few corrosion processes in crevices and awkward corners can be avoided at the design stage (low roughness parameters, round-section and other). But still the construction material is exposed to corrosion. These steels often come into contact with an aggressive environment based on nitric acid. Stainless steel is more and more often used in many sectors of industry.</p>
<p>The purpose of this article is to investigate corrosion resistance in different time (48, 96, 144, 192, 240, 288, 336, 384 and 432 hours) using weight loss and profile roughness parameters of martensitic steel in grade X55CrMo14 in nitric acid 65% pure-basic at temperature 348 K. Corrosion tests show that the tested steel in nitric acid as a corrosive environments is characterized through continuous corrosion process whose measure may be surface roughness.</p>
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A number of factors determine the mechanical, but also physical and chemical properties. One of the most important are the steel microstructure and its working conditions. A few corrosion processes in crevices and awkward corners can be avoided at the design stage (low roughness parameters, round-section and other). But still the construction material is exposed to corrosion. These steels often come into contact with an aggressive environment based on nitric acid. Stainless steel is more and more often used in many sectors of industry.
The purpose of this article is to investigate corrosion resistance in different time (48, 96, 144, 192, 240, 288, 336, 384 and 432 hours) using weight loss and profile roughness parameters of martensitic steel in grade X55CrMo14 in nitric acid 65% pure-basic at temperature 348 K. Corrosion tests show that the tested steel in nitric acid as a corrosive environments is characterized through continuous corrosion process whose measure may be surface roughness.

Investigation of corrosion rate of X55CrMo14 stainless steel at 65% nitrate acid at 348 K

University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

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A number of factors determine the mechanical, but also physical and chemical properties. One of the most important are the steel microstructure and its working...

Investigation of corrosion rate of X55CrMo14 stainless steel at 65% nitrate acid at 348 K

Published Online: Jun 12, 2021

Page range: 108 - 111

Received: Mar 09, 2021

Accepted: Jun 14, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30657/pea.2021.27.13

Keywords
steel, stainless steel, corrosion, corrosion rate, profile roughness

© 2021 Tomasz Lipiński, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Investigation of corrosion rate of X55CrMo14 stainless steel at 65% nitrate acid at 348 K

Published Online: Jun 12, 2021

Page range: 108 - 111

Received: Mar 09, 2021

Accepted: Jun 14, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30657/pea.2021.27.13

Keywordssteel, stainless steel, corrosion, corrosion rate, profile roughness

© 2021 Tomasz Lipiński, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Keywords
steel, stainless steel, corrosion, corrosion rate, profile roughness