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Role Of Nanophase Oxides In Short-Term Atmospheric Corrosion Of Structural Steels, Rama Balasubramanian

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Systematic studies on the development of nanophase iron oxides in the corrosion products of carbon and weathering steel were performed to understand the role of nanophase oxides in short-term atmospheric corrosion. Similarities and/or differences between short-term and long-term atmospheric corrosion were established by studying carbon steel and weathering steel coupons exposed in mild marine environments for short-term and comparing it with previously established long-term data. Influence of substitutional elements, in particular chromium, in forming nanophase goethite was investigated. Crystallographic, magnetic and morphological properties of nanophase chromium substituted goethite have been characterized in order to understand the protective nature of chromium-substituted …