Failure Cause of Corrosion Perforation of a Certain type 20# Steel
Received:April 06, 2023  Revised:June 15, 2023
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DOI:10.7643/issn.1672-9242.2023.11.012
KeyWord:20# steel  corrosion failure  sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB)  electrochemical analysis  microbial corrosion  Raman spectrometer
                       
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WANG Xin State Key Laboratory for Marine Corrosion and Protection, Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute, Shandong Qingdao , China
LIU Feng State Key Laboratory for Marine Corrosion and Protection, Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute, Shandong Qingdao , China
TONG Hong-tao State Key Laboratory for Marine Corrosion and Protection, Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute, Shandong Qingdao , China
BAI Shuang-feng State Key Laboratory for Marine Corrosion and Protection, Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute, Shandong Qingdao , China
SONG Qing-yuan State Key Laboratory for Marine Corrosion and Protection, Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute, Shandong Qingdao , China
LIU Pan Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute, Henan Luoyang , China
SUI Yong-qiang State Key Laboratory for Marine Corrosion and Protection, Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute, Shandong Qingdao , China
HOU Jian State Key Laboratory for Marine Corrosion and Protection, Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute, Shandong Qingdao , China
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      The work aims to analyze the cause of the failure by studying the failure section of the 20# steel pipe of a certain vessel after it is put into operation. The compliance and metallographic structure of materials were analyzed with an inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometer, a carbon and sulfur analyzer and a metallographic microscope. A field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to observe the microscopic morphology of the corrosion pits, and the composition analysis of the corrosion products around the failure sites was carried out by X-ray diffraction and microscopic Raman spectroscopy. The causes and mechanism of corrosion were further determined by electrochemical test and microbial identification culture. The analysis of material compliance showed that the composition of the 20# steel pipe beam met the requirements of the standard. It was found in morphological observation that the edge of the 20# steel pit was stepped, with obvious climbing phenomenon, and the pit was black around. The results of X-ray energy spectrometer showed that there was a large amount of sulfur on the inner surface of 20# steel, and it was found by Raman analysis and XRD analysis that sulfur elements mainly existed in the form of sulfate and sulfide. The electrochemical test results showed that the corrosion rate of 20# steel was increased obviously in the solution containing sulfide. Further microbial culture of the corrosion products revealed the presence of sulfate reducing bacteria. Therefore, microbial corrosion is the main cause of perforation of 20# steel pipe.
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