Electrochemical Behavior of 2205 Duplex Stainless Steel in NaCl Solution with Different Chromate Contents

摘要

The electrochemical behavior of 2205 duplex stainless steel in NaCl solution with different chromate contents were investigated by potentiodynamic polarization curves, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), Mott-Schottky analysis, and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The effect of chromate on passivity and pitting behavior of stainless steel was also studied. The results showed that pitting susceptibility as well as semiconducting properties of passive film is heavily dependent on the chromate concentration. There exists a critical chromate value (about 0.03 M in 1 M NaCl solutions) below which the pitting corrosion on the stainless steel would be inhibited and above which it would be accelerated.