Plastic deformation and corrosion in austenitic stainless steel: A novel approach through microtexture and infrared spectroscopy

S. Narayanan, Vivekanand Kain, N. Birbilis, B. Sunil Kumar, M. N. Gandhi, P. V. Sivaprasad, G. Chai, A. Lodh, P. M. Ahmedabadi, I. Samajdar

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Abstract

The anodic potentiodynamic polarization behaviors of austenitic stainless steels, with varying Cu (copper) and/or Mo (molybdenum) additions, were explored after plane strain compression. Though all the alloys showed developments in deformed microstructures, the presence of Cu + Mo did not result in strain induced martensite formation (SIMF). However, the presence of Cu + Mo revealed the highest degradation in corrosion performance. A combination of microtexture measurements and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)-imaging revealed that the presence of SIMF promoted post-passivation stability or retention of a protective Cr2O3 film.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)404-413
Number of pages10
JournalCorrosion Science
Volume111
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2016

Keywords

  • A. Stainless steels
  • B. Electron backscattered diffraction
  • B. IR spectroscopy
  • B. Polarization
  • C. effects of strain
  • C. Passive film
  • SIMS

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