Comparative study on corrosion behaviors of ferrite-pearlite steel with dual-phase steel in the simulated bottom plate environment of cargo oil tanks

The corrosion behaviors of ferrite-pearlite steels before and after intermediate quenching treatment were compared in the simulated bottom plate environment of cargo oil tanks. The results indicate that all tested steels exhibited an enhanced galvanic corrosion caused by the accumulated Fe3C. However, the corrosion resistance of steels could be improved by the change in microstructure from ferrite-pearlite to ferrite-martensite through...