Effect of Temperature on Corrosion Behavior of 42CrMoE Low-alloy Steel in Boric Acid Solution

doi:10.11902/1005.4537.2023.395

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2024, Vol. 44

Issue (5): 1345-1352 DOI: 10.11902/1005.4537.2023.395

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Effect of Temperature on Corrosion Behavior of 42CrMoE Low-alloy Steel in Boric Acid Solution

YANG Cheng¹, YANG Guangming², WANG Jianjun¹, MIAO Xueliang¹, ZHANG Yi², SUN Baozhuang², LIU Zhiyong²(

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1 Nuclear Power Operations Research Institute, Shanhai 200126, China
2 Key Laboratory for Corrosion and Protection (MOE), Institute of Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China

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YANG Cheng, YANG Guangming, WANG Jianjun, MIAO Xueliang, ZHANG Yi, SUN Baozhuang, LIU Zhiyong. Effect of Temperature on Corrosion Behavior of 42CrMoE Low-alloy Steel in Boric Acid Solution. Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection, 2024, 44(5): 1345-1352.

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Abstract

Effect of temperature on the corrosion behavior of 42CrMoE low alloy steel in boric acid solution was investigated using electrochemical measurements and immersion tests, taking 42CrMoE steel for fasteners of pressurized water reactor (PWR) primary system as the research object. The results showed that the increase in temperature promotes the anodic dissolution and cathodic reaction process of 42CrMoE steel in boric acid solution, resulting in a decrease in its corrosion resistance. Its corrosion type gradually evolved from uniform corrosion at low temperature to local pitting corrosion at high temperature. Moreover, the corrosion rate of 42CrMoE steel increases significantly with the increase of temperature, which is caused by accelerating the corrosion process of boric acid medium and reducing the stability of corrosion products. In addition, the corrosion rate first decreases and then increases with the elongation of the immersion cycle, and the corrosion rate can reach 1.3 mm/a at 97.5^oC.

Key words: temperature 42CrMoE low alloy steel boric acid corrosion pitting

Received: 12 January 2024 32134.14.1005.4537.2023.395

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Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(U22B2065)

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Fig.1 Microstructure of 42CrMoE low alloy steel

Fig.2 Nyquist (a) and Bode (b) plots of 42CrMoE steel in 8800 mg/L boric acid solution at different temperatures and equivalent circuit diagram (c)

Table 1 Fitting results of EIS of 42CrMoE steel in 8800 mg/L boric acid solution at different temperatures

Fig.3 Potentiodynamic polarization curves (a) of 42CrMoE steel in boric acid solution at different temperatures, and fitting values of corrosion potential and corrosion current density (b)

Fig.4 Corrosion rates of 42CrMoE steel in 8800 mg/L boric acid solution at 25^oC (a), 60^oC (b) and 97.5^oC (c)

Fig.5 Macroscopic corrosion morphologies of 42CrMoE steel after immersion in 8800 mg/L boric acid solution for 30 d at 25^oC (a), 60^oC (b) and 97.5^oC (c)

Fig.6 Micro-corrosion morphologies of 42CrMoE steel immersed in 8800 mg/L boric acid solution for 30 d at 25^oC (a), 60^oC (b) and 97.5^oC (c)

Fig.7 LSCM surface analysis results of 42CrMoE steel after 30 d immersed in 8800 mg/L boric acid solution at 25^oC

Fig.8 LSCM surface analysis results of 42CrMoE steel after 30 d immersed in 8800 mg/L boric acid solution at 60^oC

Fig.9 LSCM surface analysis results of 42CrMoE steel after 30 d immersed in 8800 mg/L boric acid solution at 97.5^oC

Fig.10 XRD patterns of 42CrMoE steel after 30 d immersion in 8800 mg/L boric acid solution at different temperatures

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