<p>La técnica de deposición catódica fue utilizada para depositar un recubrimiento bicapa de Cr/CrN sobre acero AISI 440C. La morfología y composición del recubrimiento fueron evaluadas con microscopía electrónica de barrido y difracción de rayos-x. La dureza y adhesión del recubrimiento también fueron estudiadas. Se siguió el procedimiento de la norma ASTM G-119 para evaluar el desgaste por erosión-corrosión usando un chorro de lodo impactando a 90° a una velocidad de 4 y 8 m/s para impactar sobre el acero desnudo y recubierto. Los resultados muestran que el sinergismo es la componente de desgaste más agresiva, ésta excede en un 40% la pérdida de masa total para el acero recubierto y el 60% de la pérdida de masa total para el acero desnudo. El incremento en la velocidad de impacto incrementa la pérdida de masa tanto en el acero desnudo como en el recubierto. Comparando, el recubrimiento de Cr/CrN presentó mayor resistencia a la corrosión y al desgaste por erosión–corrosión.</p>
Abstract. The present work is a study of the corrosion susceptibility of steel drums in contact with cemented ion-exchange resins contaminated with different types and concentrations of aggressive species. A special type of specimen was manufactured to simulate the cemented ion-exchange resins in the drum. The evolution of the corrosion potential and the corrosion rate of the steel, as well as the electrical resistivity of the matrix were monitored over a time period of 900 days. The aggressive species studied were chloride ions (the main ionic species of concern) and sulphate ions (produced during radiolysis of the cationic exchange-resins after cementation). The work was complemented with an analysis of the corrosion products formed on the steel in each condition, as well as the morphology of the corrosion products. When applying the results obtained in the present work to estimate the corrosion depth of the steel drums containing the cemented radioactive waste after a period of 300 years (foreseen durability of the Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste facility in Argentina) , it is found that in the most unfavourable case (high chloride contamination), the corrosion penetration will be considerably lower than the thickness of the wall of the steel drums.
Cr/CrN bilayer coating was deposited on AISI 440C by Cathodic Arc. The composition and structure of the Cr/CrN coating were investigated by scanning Electron Microscope, X-Ray Diffraction and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. The results show that crystal structure obtained was CrN phase with preferred [220] orientation. The hardness and adhesion of coating also were studied. The evaluation of erosion-corrosion (EC) on 440C bare and coated with Cr/CrN was performed by carrying out wear tests using a slurry jet with impingement angle 90° at 4 and 8 m/s. Corrosion, erosion and synergism wear rate were evaluated following the procedure described in ASTM G-119-09. This study presents that the synergism wear rate exceeds 40% of the total mass loss for coating and 60% of mass loss for the 440C, being the most aggressive wear component. The increase in impact velocity generated a rise in mass loss for both 440C bare and coated. The Cr/CrN coating offers better corrosion and erosion-corrosion resistance under all the tested conditions.
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