Abstract
High strength low alloy steels are extensively applied in marine engineering structures (cross-sea bridge, ocean platform, etc), which are usually subjected to severe corrosion in marine atmosphere. In this work, the corrosion behaviors of 550 MPa-grade high strength low alloy marine steels with varied Si content were studied in simulated marine atmosphere. Results show the increase of Si could significantly facilitate the formation of α-FeOOH and enrichment of Cr and Cu in inner rust layer, making the rust layer compact and cation-selective. Si and Cr can be co-enriched in inner rust layer to form mixed or complex oxides with amorphous network structure, which could greatly improve the compactness and stability of rust layer and thereby enhance the corrosion resistance of low alloy steel.
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