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The Effect of Sodium Hydroxide on Niobium Carbide Precipitates in Thermally Sensitised 20Cr-25Ni-Nb Austenitic Stainless Steel

Ronald N. Clark Orcid Logo, Choen May Chan, Tomas L. Martin, W.S. Walters, Dirk Engelberg, Robert Burrows, Geraint Williams Orcid Logo

Corrosion Science, Start page: 108596

Swansea University Authors: Ronald N. Clark Orcid Logo, Geraint Williams Orcid Logo

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Abstract

Niobium-stabilised austenitic stainless steel (20Cr-25Ni-Nb) has been immersed in sodium hydroxide, which is used as a corrosion inhibitor. The work shows how NbC precipitates may be degraded by use of pH 13 NaOH. Initial electrochemical measurements indicate that there is no benefit to this pretrea...

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Published in: Corrosion Science
ISSN: 0010-938X
Published: Elsevier BV 2020
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53821
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Abstract: Niobium-stabilised austenitic stainless steel (20Cr-25Ni-Nb) has been immersed in sodium hydroxide, which is used as a corrosion inhibitor. The work shows how NbC precipitates may be degraded by use of pH 13 NaOH. Initial electrochemical measurements indicate that there is no benefit to this pretreatment as regards long-term corrosion inhibition, and post corrosion imaging shows the initiation of pitting corrosion at Nb-rich precipitates still present in the microstructure.
Start Page: 108596