No abstract

Aluminum sacrificial anodes are widely used in cathodic protection of steel structures in sea water. In the present work, samples of Al-5.3 at.% Zn-x at.% Mg (x = 5.5-8.5) alloys were microstructurally and electrochemically characterized to evaluate their performance as Al-sacrificial anodes for cathodic protection of structures exposed to marine environments. The experiments focussed on the influence of Mg content on electrochemical behavior and efficiency. Mg was used in different concentrations ranging from 5.5 to 8.5 at.%. Short-term electrochemical tests, DNV RP B401, as well as polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy were performed to obtain electrochemical behavior and efficiency and to reveal any tendencies to passivation. It is shown that by increasing Mg content an improvement of electrochemical properties of Al-alloy such as current capacity and then electrochemical efficiency can be obtained.

No abstract

An experimental HSLA steel was produced by the electric arc furnace, vacuum degassing, ladle treatment and continuous casting route. The experimental steel was then rolled in a laboratory using a hot rolling schedule to simulate an industrial controlled hot rolling procedure for the production of plates as closely as possible to investigate the effect of a thermomechanical processing schedule plus the use of water quench, accelerated cooling followed by forced nitrogen gas or air as cooling media, on the mechanical properties of plates. The results showed that the controlled thermomechanical hot rolling schedule of slabs followed by the cooling of plates in either forced nitrogen gas or by accelerated cooling exhibited target properties equivalent to a steel grade API X-80.

No abstract