A new interpretation of the corrosion loss processes for weathering steels in marine atmospheres

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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