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Evaluation of Corrosion Resistance of Medium Carbon

Steel Using Different Protection Methods
Firas Farhan Sayyid
Production Engineering and Metallurgy Department, University of Technology/ Baghdad
Email: firasabomohamed@yahoo.com
Ali Abdul Munim Ali
Technical College, Foundation technical/Baghdad
Email: ali_techno@yahoo.com
Wadhah Adel Tawfek
Minsitry of science and Technology/Baghdad
Email:wadhahsammaraie@yahoo.com

Received on: 19/7/2011 & Accepted on: 5/1/2012

ABSTRACT
This research involves studying the effect of some different protection methods
to increase electrochemical corrosion resistance of medium carbon steel (DIN
CK50) in 3.5% NaCl by applying coating with Cr and Sn, with addition of
inhibitors (No3, PO4 , MnO4=and SO4=) and application of cathodic protection
by sacrificial anode using Zn anode.
Evaluation of corrosion resistance after different protection methods were
measuring performed by static potential test and measurement of corrosion
parameters (potentional and current density) by Tafel extrapolation method. The
surface of protection specimens was examined by using optical microscopes.
The corrosion rate results show that using coating and inhibition methods give
good results in increasing the corrosion resistance compared with the cathodic
protection which gives an objective result depending on sacrificed pole.

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