Corrosion behaviour of ferrite and austenite phases on super duplex stainless steel in a modified green-death solution

Corrosion behaviour of super duplex stainless steel (SDSS) in acidic chloride solution was investigated electrochemically. Potentiostatic polarisations of SDSS at -0.377 and -0.447 V-SHE resulted in selective dissolution of gamma- and alpha-phases, respectively, and were utilized for fabricating single-phase electrodes. Potentiodynamic polarisation curve of SDSS could be calculated from those of single-phase electrodes. The higher corrosion current density and less noble corrosion potential of alpha-phase characterised by galvanic connection with gamma-phase indicated that alpha- and gamma-phases were functioned as the anode and the cathode, respectively, in the corrosion of SDSS. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.