Study on the Corrosive Characters of Carbon Steel in the Marine Splash Zone

  • Zhu, Xiangrong (Qingdao Marine Corrosion Institute, Central Iron & Steel Research Institute) ;
  • Han, Bing (Qingdao Marine Corrosion Institute, Central Iron & Steel Research Institute)
  • Published : 2003.02.01

Abstract

This study determined that the four corrosive characters of carbon steel in the marine splash zone (MSZ) in China's four sea areas. It has a range and a corrosion peak value. The rust in the MSZ plays the role of "depolarizer" in the cathodic process of corrosion. The growth law of the rust layer in MSZ has a character of "annual ring". In addition the reasons causing serious corrosion of carbon steel in the marine splash zone has been discussed in this paper.

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