We compared the corrosion resistance of aluminized steel with that of galvanized steel in acidic, neutral and alkaline solutions with pH value of 2-14 range at room temperature and 60°C.
At room temperature, aluminized steel has remarkably superior corrosion resistance in the neutral and acidic solutions with pH less than 8. Especially, this steel is not entirely attacked by immersion for more than one month in the solutions with pH 6-8, and maintains its initial metallic luster. But this steel is attacked remarkably by alkaline solutions with pH value of more than 8.5. Galvanized steel has rather superior corrosion resistance in alkaline solutions of narrow pH value range only from 11 to 13. The surface of this steel is easily attacked even by neutral solution and its color changes to black, of course, it is more easily attacked in the acidic solutions with pH value of less than 7.
At 60°C, aluminized steel shows the weight loss by corrosion as follows; 2g/m
2/day in neutral solution, 20g/m
2/day in pH 3 solution and 60g/m
2/day in pH 2 solution. But the corrosion resistance of aluminized steel in neutral and acidic solution at 60°C is still more superior to that of galvanized steel in the same solutions than at room temperature. Galvanized steel shows at 60°C good resistance only in the solution with pH value of 12. When the pH value of the solution is over 12, with even its slight change, the corrosion resistance of this steel becomes worse remarkably, and the steel is severely attacked at the same temperature.
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