Evaluation of localized corrosion in duplex stainless steel aged at 850°C with critical pitting temperature measurement

Effect of aging at 850 °C on pitting corrosion of UNS S31803 duplex stainless steel was examined in chloride solution by potentiostatic critical pitting temperature (CPT) measurements. The quantitative metallography coupled with X-ray diffraction technique was employed to follow the microstructure evolution. Moreover, the initiation and propagation of pitting corrosion had been imaged in relation to microstructure variations using scanning...