Abstract
The effect of Ca-Mg microalloying on corrosion behavior of Al deoxidized low alloy steel in the simulated tropical marine atmospheric environments was investigated. The addition improves microstructural characteristics, increasing the corrosion potential by 70±10 mV and decreasing the corrosion rate from 1.66 mm/y to 1.57 mm/y over time. Furthermore, the addition of Ca-Mg has been observed to modify the morphological attributes, population density, dimensional parameters, and electrochemical properties of the prevalent inclusions. This modification is instrumental in shifting the underlying mechanisms that contribute to localized corrosion, which is often precipitated by these inclusions in the steel matrix.
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