High Temperature Corrosive Environment in a Sintering Plant for Pig Iron Production and Its Effect on Different Steel Grades
The harsh environment in a sintering plant for pig iron production leads to high temperature corrosion of the sinter grates. In the present study, a detailed analysis of the corrosives in such applications is given to understand materials failure. Various steels are tested, revealing effects of various alloying concepts, the resulting phases and their corrosive behavior in this complex corrosive environment at ≈900 °C. In order to understand the underlying corrosion mechanisms, detailed analyses are performed. Results indicate mainly chlorine, sulfur, and oxidation based corrosive decay at elevated temperature and a high relevance of protecting alloying elements within the steels.
Formation of Si diffusion layer on stainless steels and their high temperature corrosion resistance in molten salt
Abstract The surface alloying of Si into SUS430 and SUS304 stainless steels was achieved by a pack-cementation method. A high-temperature corrosion test was undertaken under a corrosive ash in a high-temperature gas, which simulated the environment of a waste incinerator. The effect of the surface alloying of Si on the high temperature corrosion resistance of these stainless steels was examined. The result of the corrosion test showed that the corrosion mass loss of the siliconized stainless steel was lower than that of non-treated stainless steel. It was thought that the high temperature corrosion resistance in the corrosive ash containing large amounts of molten salt was improved by the surface alloying of Si. The change in corrosion loss with test time in the corrosive ash was also examined. The corrosion loss of the non-treated stainless steels rapidly increased. On the other hand, the corrosion rate of the siliconized stainless steels was small. It was found from the observation and EPMA analysis of a cross-section of the specimen after the corrosion test that, for the non-treated stainless steels, the metallic elements were dissolved into the molten salt. On the other hand, for the siliconized stainless steels, a scale consisting of silicon oxide was formed on the steels. As a result, the dissolved metallic elements were small. The electrochemical studies indicated that there was an effect of the surface alloying of Si on the hot corrosion resistance of the stainless steels. Hence, the corrosion potentials of the siliconized steels were higher than those of the non-treated steels. The increase in the anodic current densities for the siliconized steels was smaller than that for the non-treated steels. It was thought that the electrochemical corrosion reaction was difficult to occur due to the surface alloying of Si into the stainless steels.
Measuring Sheet Resistances of Dielectrics Using Co‐Planar Hydrogel Electrochemical Cells with Practical Applications to Characterize the Protective Quality of Paints on Sculptures
Electrical properties of thin dielectric films at the solid-liquid phase boundary are an important performance characteristic of many devices, coatings and sensors. In this paper, co-polymeric hydrogels of polyacrylic acid co-sulfonic acid, swollen with a salt solution to act as the solid electrolyte, were used to assess interfaces using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in a co-planar geometry. Silane-modified glasses were characterized by the co-planar hydrogel EIS cell and found to be distinguishable based on their surface monolayer chemistry. EIS measurements were also made on primed and painted metal substrates, using both test panels and an outdoor sculpture, Tony Smith's Stinger. The panels were then exposed to accelerated and outdoor weathering and showed degradation on the surface paint layers, which was observable electrochemically using EIS and confirmed visually by SEM. Electrochemical spectral features were compared between data from a standard paint-test cell versus this co-planar hydrogel cell; both cell types were able to measure coating capacitance, providing useful information about the condition of the bulk coating. Yet, sheet resistance (Rs) was a spectral feature seen only by the co-planar hydrogel cell. Thus, it can be concluded that the use of such co-planar hydrogel cells can provide an earlier warning sign to coating degradation and such cells provide a new type of spectral information that is not assessable by the standard geometry.