Abstract
In this paper, the corrosion resistance of four GCr15 steel samples has been investigated. Three samples were initially surface-treated by ultrasonic shot peening (USP), a dry ultrasonic strengthening grinding process (DUSGP), and a wet ultrasonic strengthening grinding process (WUSGP), respectively, while another one was only polished. Then, all the processed samples were subjected to salt spray corrosion. Sample properties, such as capacitance arc, self-corrosion potential (Ecorr), self-corrosion current density (Icorr), corrosion morphology, and corrosion products were analyzed. Results show that the sample treated by WUSGP has the best corrosion resistance, which can be attributed to the high dislocation density, small grain size, needle-like and lath-like shape of martensite content formed in the treatment, which hinders Cl− from eroding the matrix. The obtained corrosion pits and cracks in Sample WUSGP show a width of approximately 1.4 µm and 2.1 µm, respectively, degrading 78% and 75% compared to polishing. The possible corrosion mechanism of the samples has been discussed. The findings denote that the treatment fused ceramic balls, strengthened liquid, and corundum in USP could be an efficient method to improve the corrosion resistance of some mechanical parts.
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