- Title
- A new interpretation of the corrosion loss processes for weathering steels in marine atmospheres
- Creator
- Melchers, R. E.
- Relation
- Corrosion Science Vol. 50, Issue 12, p. 3446-3454
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2008.09.003
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2008
- Description
- Most available data sets for the long-term corrosion loss of various grades of weathering steel exposed to marine atmospheric environments are demonstrated to be consistent with the multi-phase corrosion model previously proposed for steels exposed to marine environments. This means that the early corrosion of weathering steels by oxidation is gradually inhibited by the build-up of corrosion products. These produce anoxic and sub-oxic conditions that may permit microbiological activity to govern the longerterm corrosion loss process. This new interpretation for the long-term corrosion of weathering steels may have implications for the design of such steels.
- Subject
- steel; weight loss; modelling studies; atmospheric corrosion
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/42992
- Identifier
- uon:5126
- Identifier
- ISSN:0010-938X
- Language
- eng
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