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Low-Temperature Nitrocarburizing of Austenitic Stainless Steel for Combat Corrosion in H2S Environments

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The time-dependent experiment was performed to investigate the corrosion behavior of low-temperature liquid nitrocarburized (LNC) 304 austenitic stainless steel in wet H2S environments. Characteristics of H2S corrosion products, as well as localized corrosion behavior, were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and optical profilometry. The results revealed that the untreated steels, of which the H2S corrosion product layer on the untreated surface thickened but displayed a layered defect structure as the corrosion proceeded, had a higher weight loss than the LNC. Energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) served to reveal the relationship between corrosion behavior and the content of sulfur, chromium, and other elements, and the valences of these elements were illustrated by XPS. The surface morphology after removing corrosion products showed that the presence of nitrocarburized S phase could prevent general corrosion and inhibit pit propagation.

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The authors are grateful for the grants provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51471112 and 51611130204), the Science and Technology Planning Project of Sichuan (Grant No. 2016GZ0173), and the Royal Society, United Kingdom (Newton Mobility Grant No. IE151027).

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, People’s Republic of China

    Longyi Li, Jun Wang, Hongyuan Fan & Bo Zeng

  2. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, People’s Republic of China

    Zhenghua Tang

  3. Research Institute of Natural Gas Technology, PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company, Chengdu, 610213, People’s Republic of China

    **g Yan

  4. School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

    **aoying Li & Hanshan Dong

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Li, L., Wang, J., Tang, Z. et al. Low-Temperature Nitrocarburizing of Austenitic Stainless Steel for Combat Corrosion in H2S Environments. Metall Mater Trans A 51, 4242–4256 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-020-05802-4

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