2023 Volume 72 Issue 3 Pages 255-261
For the purpose of developing metallic materials with excellent corrosion resistance under boiling sulfuric acid environment, the coated materials were evaluated for their corrosion resistance and the differences in surface morphology were investigated. As a result, the corrosion resistance of SUS304 coated and sintered eight times by chemical densified coating method (S-ZAC) was maintained at the point after 12h corrosion test, but the corrosion rate rapidly increased after 100h corrosion test. The cross-sectional microstructural analysis of the specimens showed that only a small amount of SiO2 remained on the surface, while Cr2O3 completely disappeared. The mechanism of film delamination in S-ZAC is assumed to be due to the thermal expansion caused by heating, which resulted in curvature of the thick film and cracks at the Cr2O3 and SiO2 interfaces. On the other hand, SUS304 coated with higher density of Cr2O3 by repeating the coating and sintering eleven times (MS-ZAC) showed excellent corrosion resistance as well as SiC even after 100h corrosion test. The results of cross-sectional microstructural analysis showed that MS-ZAC had higher Cr2O3 concentration, finer SiO2 grain size, and fewer porosity than S-ZAC. In particular, the mechanism of film maintenance in MS-ZAC is assumed to be the formation of a stacked structure in Cr2O3 particle layer, in addition to the thinning of the entire film.
