A NEW CLASS OF CORROSION

INHIBITION OF HIGH SPEED STEEL

IN ACIDIC MEDIA
N.ARUNKUMAR
(Reg.No:16PCH1148)
 AIM AND OBJECTIVES
• These processes also help to improve machining effect, and
make them versatile. The mechanical properties can easily be
modified by heat treating to suit a particular design purpose. In
the present study, selected samples are heat-treated at certain
temperature above the austenitic region and quenched in order
to investigate the effect on the mechanical properties
microstructure of the mild steel.
• Different Scanning Kelvin probe (SKP) based setups are
applied to determine the hydrogen diffusivity and distribution
in the steel, in the vicinity to corroding surface.
 Cont..
• The purpose of heat treating is to analyze the
mechanical properties of the steel, usually
ductility, hardness, Yield strength, tensile
strength and impact resistance.
• The heat treatment develops hardness,
softness, and improves the mechanical
properties such as tensile strength, yield
strength, ductility, corrosion resistance and
creep rupture.
 INTRODUCTION
• Corrosion of metals is a serious environmental problem and it
has given much attention in the oil and gas industries.
• Because, in several industrial processes such as acid cleaning
and etching, acid solutions are used for the removal of rust
and scale and the metal surfaces are often made to come in
contact with the acids.
• This causes corrosion of metals. Mild steel is employed
widely in most of the industries due to its low cost and high
availability.
• Although there are various options to control corrosion, the
use of inhibitors is one of the best methods for protecting
metals against corrosion1.
 MATERIALS AND METHODS
• Pure iron foils (99.5%) from “Goodfellow Inc.” with a
thickness of 0.2 mm were used as reference material.
• Ultra-HSS, with ultimate tensile strength of 1400 MPa, was
used with a thickness of 1.5 mm.
• The chemical composition of the steel microstructure is
illustrated in the and the mechanical properties
• As displayed the microstructure was martensite as expected for
this type of material.
 Experimental IR spectrum
• Experimental IR spectrum of the model salt TAC-K.
• Taking into account that the nature of the alkali metal has
almost no effect on the IR spectrum of PTAC,
• we chose the potassium salt of diphenylsulfophthalide, TAC–K
triarylcarbinol, as the model compound for polymeric salts
 Instruments and calibration
• A commercial UBM Messtechnik instrument (SKP) was used
to measure the surface distribution of the Volta potential and
the topography over a region of the sample.
• The reference electrode was a Ni-Cr alloy with a diameter of
tip of 100 µm.
• Before measurements, the potential of the probe was calibrated
above a copper-copper sulfate electrode.
 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
• Influence of niobium content on microstructure
• The microstructures of the etched high strength steels (HSS)
hardfacings with Niobium contents up to 1 wt.% show under
scanning electron microscopy the presence of dendritic
martensitic grains surrounded by networks of carbides (Fig. 1).
Only samples containing 3 wt.% Nb show the presence of a
different carbide structure.
• carbide networks are not only found surrounding the
martensitic dendritic structures but also seem to build carbide
branches running through the grains.
 Corrosion resistance
• The corrosion behaviour of the hardfacings was evaluated
using potentiodynamic polarization scans in acidic media.
• In general, high speed steel hardfacings with low Cr content
are developed for providing superb wear resistance in high
demanding applications, such as cutting, but are not meant to
offer corrosion protection.
• However, in many cutting applications, such as the
woodworking or food industry, high speed steels are expected
to perform satisfactorily under acidic media.
 CONCLUSION
• High speed steel hard facings with different niobium contents
were deposited using a high-power direct diode laser.
• The influence of niobium content on the hard facing
microstructure and the resulting mechanical properties were
characterized using microscopy, macro and nano in dentation.
 Cont..
• Niobium content has an impact on the hard
facings by reducing their dendrite arm spacing,
reducing carbide content and increasing elastic
strain to failure.

• These micro structural changes result in an

improvement of the hard facing toughness,
while maintaining the hardness for Nb contents
up to 1 wt.%.
 Cont..

• These enhanced mechanical and chemical

properties result in an improvement of low
stress abrasive wear and corrosion resistance.
The erosion resistance is less influenced by
the niobium content. Here, a clear benefit can
only be achieved by microalloying (0.1 wt.%
Nb), which proved to be a good compromise
between ductility and erosion resistance.
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