Abstract

The effect of pre-oxidation on the corrosion behavior of pure Ti covered with a solid NaCl deposit in the humid O2 flow at 600 °C is studied. The oxide scale, formed by pre-oxidation, protects the substrate from the NaCl induced corrosion during the initial stage. However, the corrosion of the pre-oxidized sample is severely accelerated by solid NaCl after an incubation period. The chlorine, generated from the decomposition of solid NaCl, diffuses into the oxide/substrate interface as ions during the incubation period, which was observed by ToF–SIMS. The chlorine at the oxide/substrate interface induces the fast corrosion after the incubation period although the pre-oxidation scale is complete and compact.

Highlights

  • Compressor blades of airplanes and ships suffer severe corrosion in marine environment, which is mainly due to the fact that marine air contains abundant salts and water vapor

  • When the pre-oxidized pure Ti is exposed in the NaCl + H2O + O2 environment, this oxide scale can slow down the destruction process of the protective passive film such that the behavior of the solid NaCl can be investigated in detail

  • We investigate the effects of pre-oxidation on the corrosion behavior of pure Ti underneath a solid NaCl deposit in humid ­O2 flow at 600 ̊C, using scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with an energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and time of flight-secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF–SIMS)

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This implies that more chlorine penetrates into the oxide after a longer exposure in the presence of solid NaCl. The ­OH- signal in Fig. 14 is applied here to indicate the distribution of H in the scale. Metal interface where ­Cl- is accumulated, which indicates that the H penetrates the oxide along with the chlorine

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