Perforation corrosion and its mechanism on galvanized steel sheets on vehicles
- NKK, Fukuyama (Japan)
Mechanism of perforation corrosion on vehicles in the area where deicing salts are dispersed on roads in winter was investigated, using the Gumbel probability plots of the maximum depth of corrosion inside the lapped portion and quantitative analyses of crystalline compositions of the iron rusts which formed on the steel panels of vehicles. It was estimated that perforation occurred in 7 years for zincrometal steel sheet and more than 14 years for galvanized steel sheet with zinc coating weight of 120g/m{sup 2} in the crevice of lapped panel. The composition of the rust in the lapped portion of galvanized steel panels was mainly amorphous at the initial stage of corrosion and moves towards the high content of ({gamma}-FeOOH+Fe{sub 3}O{sub 4}) regions of the non-galvanized parts. Zinc corrosion product prevented the redox reaction of the iron rust and performed as corrosion inhibitor of steel in laboratory simulation tests. Perforation mechanism on vehicles in real environments will be also discussed in the following stages; (1) corrosion of zinc layer, (2) galvanic corrosion of zinc, (3) corrosion of steel under zinc corrosion product, (4) corrosion of steel.
- OSTI ID:
- 352615
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-980316--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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