This investigation demonstrated 2.1 wt% tungsten drastically reduced the kinetics of tertiary phase precipitation in 25Cr super duplex stainless steels. The slow kinetics resulted in a better overall pitting corrosion resistance.
Critical potentials
Use of the critical acidification model to estimate critical localized corrosion potentials of duplex stainless steels – Publication
Can we use Galvele’s critical acidification model to estimate the localized corrosion resistance of engineering stainless steels?
Short answer: yes; long answer: it is complicated.
Find out more in our recent CORROSION Journal article.
Effect of Tungsten on the Pitting and Crevice Corrosion Resistance of Type 25Cr Super Duplex Stainless Steels – Publication
Are all super duplex stainless steels alike? Does tungsten additions have an influence on localized corrosion resistance?
Spoiler: it does, and it is remarkable.
Materials Selection and Corrosion Control in Subsea Oil and Gas Production – Lecture
This lecture describes various materials selection and corrosion control strategies for subsea oil and gas production systems. A brief discussion on carbon and low alloy steels as well as corrosion resistance alloys is presented alongside fundamental corrosion concepts.
Use of electrochemical techniques to determine the effect of Sigma phase (σ-phase) precipitation on a 25Cr Super Duplex Stainless Steel — Presentation
This work was presented at NACE International CORROSION 2015 “Mechanisms of Localized Corrosion” symposium.
A link to the final presentation is included.
CORROSION 2014 – Selecting corrosion resistant alloys for seawater applications – Presentation
This post includes our CORROSION 2014 presentation on selecting corrosion resistant alloys for seawater service.