The Effect of Aggressive Corrosion Mediums on the Microstructure and Properties of Mild Steel

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Author	Araoyinbo, A. O. Salleh, M. A. A. Mohd Rahmat, A. Azmi, A. I. Rahim, W. M. F. Wan Abd Achitei, D. C. Jin, T. S.
Copyright Year	2018
Description	Journal: Iop Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering Mild steel is known to be one of the major construction materials and have been extensively used in most chemical and material industries due to its interesting properties which can be easily altered to suit various application areas. In this research, mild steel is exposed to different aggressive mediums in order to observe the effect of these interactions on its surface morphology and properties. The mild steel used was cut into dimensions of 7 cm length and width of 3 cm. The aggressive mediums used are 100 mls of aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide (40 g/L), and sodium chloride (35 g/L) at room temperature. The characterizations performed are the hardness test with the Rockwell hardness tester, the surface morphology by optical microscope, surface roughness and the weight loss from the immersion test. It was observed that the hardness value and the weight loss for the different cut samples of mild steel immersed in the different aggressive mediums reduces with prolong exposure and severe pitting form of corrosion was present on its surface.
Related Links	http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/374/1/012044/pdf
ISSN	17578981
e-ISSN	1757899X
DOI	10.1088/1757-899x/374/1/012044
Journal	Iop Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	374
Language	English
Publisher	IOP Publishing
Publisher Date	2018-06-12
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Iop Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering Characterization and Testing of Materials Surface Roughness Aggressive Mediums
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article