The present work is investigated the in-situ monitoring of local corrosion process of scratched epoxy coated carbon steel in saturated Ca(OH)<sub>2</sub> with and without 3% NaCl using SECM and correlated ...The present work is investigated the in-situ monitoring of local corrosion process of scratched epoxy coated carbon steel in saturated Ca(OH)<sub>2</sub> with and without 3% NaCl using SECM and correlated with EIS. The results obtained from EIS analysis showed that the corrosion resistance of scratched epoxy coated carbon steel decreases in Cl<sup>-</sup> containing solution as the increase in wet/ dry corrosion cycles. This was indicated by decrease in film resistance (R<sub>f</sub>) and charge transfer resistance (R<sub>ct</sub>), while the coated steel maintain the resistance values in saturated Ca(OH)<sub>2</sub>, most of which recovered after drying. The corrosion process was monitored using SECM by setting the tip potential at -0.70 V vs Ag/AgCl, where the consumption of dissolved oxygen occurred at the surface of test sample. The consumption of dissolved oxygen current (I’<sub>oxy-c</sub>) values was increased during the immersion in a solution with 3% NaCl. However, in wet/dry corrosion cycles, I’<sub>oxy-c</sub> was decreased due to the coverage of hydroxides/oxides at scratch area which suppressed the consumption of dissolved O<sub>2</sub>. It was found that the continuous decrease in corrosion was mainly attributed to continuous formation of corrosion products at anodic spots.展开更多
文摘The present work is investigated the in-situ monitoring of local corrosion process of scratched epoxy coated carbon steel in saturated Ca(OH)<sub>2</sub> with and without 3% NaCl using SECM and correlated with EIS. The results obtained from EIS analysis showed that the corrosion resistance of scratched epoxy coated carbon steel decreases in Cl<sup>-</sup> containing solution as the increase in wet/ dry corrosion cycles. This was indicated by decrease in film resistance (R<sub>f</sub>) and charge transfer resistance (R<sub>ct</sub>), while the coated steel maintain the resistance values in saturated Ca(OH)<sub>2</sub>, most of which recovered after drying. The corrosion process was monitored using SECM by setting the tip potential at -0.70 V vs Ag/AgCl, where the consumption of dissolved oxygen occurred at the surface of test sample. The consumption of dissolved oxygen current (I’<sub>oxy-c</sub>) values was increased during the immersion in a solution with 3% NaCl. However, in wet/dry corrosion cycles, I’<sub>oxy-c</sub> was decreased due to the coverage of hydroxides/oxides at scratch area which suppressed the consumption of dissolved O<sub>2</sub>. It was found that the continuous decrease in corrosion was mainly attributed to continuous formation of corrosion products at anodic spots.
