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Title: Salt Fog Testing Iron-Based Amorphous Alloys

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OSTI ID:21062421
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  1. Chemistry and Materials Science, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave, L- 631, Livermore, CA, 94550 (United States)
  2. Consultant, Berlin, MD, 21811 (United States)
  3. LLNL, Livermore, CA, 94550 (United States)

Iron-based amorphous alloys are hard and highly corrosion resistant, which make them desirable for salt water and other applications. These alloys can be produced as powder and can be deposited as coatings on any surface that needs to be protected from the environment. It was of interest to examine the behavior of these amorphous alloys in the standard salt-fog testing ASTM B 117. Three different amorphous coating compositions were deposited on 316L SS coupons and exposed for many cycles of the salt fog test. Other common engineering alloys such as 1018 carbon steel, 316L SS and Hastelloy C-22 were also tested together with the amorphous coatings. Results show that amorphous coatings are resistant to rusting in salt fog. Partial devitrification may be responsible for isolated rust spots in one of the coatings. (authors)

Research Organization:
Materials Research Society, 506 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA, 15086-7573 (United States)
OSTI ID:
21062421
Resource Relation:
Conference: Symposium on Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management, Boston - Massachusetts (United States), 27 Nov - 1 Dec 2006; Other Information: Country of input: France; 9 refs; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the symposium on Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXX, by Dunn, Darrell [ed. Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, Texas (United States)]; Poinssot, Christophe [ed. CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex (France)]; Begg, Bruce [ed. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW (Australia)], v. 985, 663 pages.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English