Corrosion Resistance Measurement of 316L Stainless Steel Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting
Selective laser melting (SLM) technology is ushering in a new era of advanced industrial production of metal components. It is of great importance to understand the relationship between the surface features and electrochemical properties of manufactured parts. This work studied the influence of surf...
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| author | Rigoberto Guzmán-Nogales Francisco Estupiñán-López Citlalli Gaona-Tiburcio Omar E. Lopez-Botello Juan G. Ramírez-Rodríguez Patricia C. Zambrano-Robledo |
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| description | Selective laser melting (SLM) technology is ushering in a new era of advanced industrial production of metal components. It is of great importance to understand the relationship between the surface features and electrochemical properties of manufactured parts. This work studied the influence of surface orientation on the corrosion resistance of 316L stainless-steel (SS) components manufactured with SLM. The corrosion resistance of the samples was measured using linear polarization resistance (LPR) and electromechanical noise (EN) techniques under three different environments, H<sub>2</sub>O, 3.5 wt.% NaCl, and 20% H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>, analyzing the horizontal (XY) and vertical (XZ) planes. The microstructure and morphology of the samples were obtained by optical (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The obtained microstructure showed the grains growing up from the fusion line to the melt pool center and, via SEM-EDS, the presence of irregular and spherical pores was observed. The highest corrosion rate was identified in the H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> solution in the XZ plane with 2.4 × 10<sup>−2</sup> mm/year and the XY plane with 1.31 × 10<sup>−3</sup> mm/year. The EN technique along with the skewness factor were used to determine the type of corrosion that the material developed. Localized corrosion was observed in the NaCl electrolyte, for the XY and XZ planes (−1.65 and −0.012 skewness factors, respectively), attacking mainly the subgrains of the microstructure and, in some cases, the pores, caused by Cl ions. H<sub>2</sub>O and H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> solutions presented a uniform corrosion mechanism for the two observed orientations. The morphology identified by SEM was correlated with the results obtained from the electrochemical techniques. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95e7db1c8ff74a78ad3ba035fb4dc5cc2023-11-22T08:28:34ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442021-08-011416450910.3390/ma14164509Corrosion Resistance Measurement of 316L Stainless Steel Manufactured by Selective Laser MeltingRigoberto Guzmán-Nogales0Francisco Estupiñán-López1Citlalli Gaona-Tiburcio2Omar E. Lopez-Botello3Juan G. Ramírez-Rodríguez4Patricia C. Zambrano-Robledo5Centro de Innovación e Investigación en Ingeniería Aeronáutica, Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza 66455, NL, MexicoCentro de Innovación e Investigación en Ingeniería Aeronáutica, Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza 66455, NL, MexicoCentro de Innovación e Investigación en Ingeniería Aeronáutica, Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza 66455, NL, MexicoLaboratorio Nacional de Manufactura Aditiva y Digital, Apodaca 66629, NL, MexicoCentro de Innovación e Investigación en Ingeniería Aeronáutica, Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza 66455, NL, MexicoCentro de Innovación e Investigación en Ingeniería Aeronáutica, Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza 66455, NL, MexicoSelective laser melting (SLM) technology is ushering in a new era of advanced industrial production of metal components. It is of great importance to understand the relationship between the surface features and electrochemical properties of manufactured parts. This work studied the influence of surface orientation on the corrosion resistance of 316L stainless-steel (SS) components manufactured with SLM. The corrosion resistance of the samples was measured using linear polarization resistance (LPR) and electromechanical noise (EN) techniques under three different environments, H<sub>2</sub>O, 3.5 wt.% NaCl, and 20% H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>, analyzing the horizontal (XY) and vertical (XZ) planes. The microstructure and morphology of the samples were obtained by optical (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The obtained microstructure showed the grains growing up from the fusion line to the melt pool center and, via SEM-EDS, the presence of irregular and spherical pores was observed. The highest corrosion rate was identified in the H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> solution in the XZ plane with 2.4 × 10<sup>−2</sup> mm/year and the XY plane with 1.31 × 10<sup>−3</sup> mm/year. The EN technique along with the skewness factor were used to determine the type of corrosion that the material developed. Localized corrosion was observed in the NaCl electrolyte, for the XY and XZ planes (−1.65 and −0.012 skewness factors, respectively), attacking mainly the subgrains of the microstructure and, in some cases, the pores, caused by Cl ions. H<sub>2</sub>O and H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> solutions presented a uniform corrosion mechanism for the two observed orientations. The morphology identified by SEM was correlated with the results obtained from the electrochemical techniques.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/16/4509316L stainless steelselective laser meltingelectrochemical propertieslinear polarization resistanceelectrochemical noise |
| spellingShingle | Rigoberto Guzmán-Nogales Francisco Estupiñán-López Citlalli Gaona-Tiburcio Omar E. Lopez-Botello Juan G. Ramírez-Rodríguez Patricia C. Zambrano-Robledo Corrosion Resistance Measurement of 316L Stainless Steel Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting Materials 316L stainless steel selective laser melting electrochemical properties linear polarization resistance electrochemical noise |
| title | Corrosion Resistance Measurement of 316L Stainless Steel Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting |
| title_full | Corrosion Resistance Measurement of 316L Stainless Steel Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting |
| title_fullStr | Corrosion Resistance Measurement of 316L Stainless Steel Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Corrosion Resistance Measurement of 316L Stainless Steel Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting |
| title_short | Corrosion Resistance Measurement of 316L Stainless Steel Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting |
| title_sort | corrosion resistance measurement of 316l stainless steel manufactured by selective laser melting |
| topic | 316L stainless steel selective laser melting electrochemical properties linear polarization resistance electrochemical noise |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/16/4509 |
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