Journal of Materials Research and Technology (Sep 2023)

Constructing passivation film on plain carbon steel similar to that on 316L stainless steel

  • Hongze An,
  • Hengyi Yuan,
  • Meiqing Fan,
  • Bing Lei,
  • Zhiyuan Feng,
  • Honglei Guo,
  • Ping Zhang,
  • Jun Wang,
  • Xiaodong Yang,
  • Guozhe Meng,
  • Bin Zhang

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26
pp. 807 – 822

Abstract

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A high corrosion-resistant passivation film with cerium-molybdenum-chromium-nickel ions has been synthesized on plain carbon steel rebar through a chemical transformation method which significantly lowered the pitting susceptibility of the rebar in the chloride-containing concrete environment. The results indicated that the prepared film has a re-passivation self-healing property in a concrete environment with a concentration of 0.1 M NaCl, which is similar to the behavior of 316L stainless steel. The charge transfer resistance increased markedly with the extension of immersion time, reaching 3.70 × 106 Ω cm2 in about 1500 h of immersion (about 10 times of the initial Rt value). The high corrosion resistance mechanism of the film was discussed here in depth.

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