Erosion-corrosion behaviour of dual phase medium carbon steel using a designed slurry pot

Sunday Aribo, I. Adedapo, C. Nwogwugwu, O. Olaniran, A. Olaseinde, O. Ige, P. A. Olubambi

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Abstract

A slurry pot has been designed, fabricated and evaluated for erosion-corrosion investigations. A variable voltage controller was used to vary the input voltage into the one-horse-power motor that controls the slurry pot. The actual speed of the slurry pot shaft was also calibrated using a non-contact digital tachometer. Voltages of 100 and 200 V resulted in rotational speeds of 1100 and 2100 rpm, respectively employed for the subsequent erosion-corrosion tests. Erosion-corrosion of a dual-phase carbon steel was investigated with the aid of the slurry pot in aerated 3.5 wt.% NaCl environments. The sample was normalised at 850oC and then cooled in air to room temperature. Prior to the test, the normalised samples were heated to 700, 725, 750, 775, 800 and 825oC, respectively and quenched in oil. Erosion-corrosion rates of between 0.027 to 1.26 g/cm2.hr at 1100 rpm and 0.57 to 1.9 g/cm2.hr at 2100 rpm were recorded. It was also observed that as hardness increased there was reduction in weight loss of the heat treated alloy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)239-246
Number of pages8
JournalTribology in Industry
Volume40
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2018

Keywords

  • Dual phase steel
  • Erosion-corrosion
  • Hardness
  • Inter-critical temperature
  • Medium carbon steel
  • Slurry pot

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Surfaces and Interfaces
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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