Corrosion behavior of austenitic stainless steel and nickel-based welded joints in underwater wet welding

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Original languageEnglish
Article number51
Number of pages11
Journalnpj Materials Degradation
Volume8
Publication statusPublished - 11 May 2024

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Marine structures such as ports, bridges, pipelines, vessels, and platforms are an essential part of modern infrastructure, where the use of higher-strength steel provides savings in logistics and construction. However, the repair of higher-strength steels can be challenging, especially underwater. Wet shielded metal arc welding is the most widely used and least expensive method for underwater welding repairs, but is very susceptible to hydrogen-induced cracking. Thus, researchers and welding engineers aim to reduce the amount of hydrogen in the weld material. Recent success has been achieved through the use of austenitic welding consumables, such as austenitic stainless steel and nickel-based electrodes. The use of these consumables drastically reduces the amount of diffusible hydrogen in the weld metal. However, these austenitic materials usually have different corrosion potential as compared to the structural steel the weld beads are applied to. This creates the risk of severe galvanic corrosion. In the presented study, the corrosion behavior of welds created with austenitic stainless steel and nickel-based electrodes were studied. Samples were aged for 1.5 years in the Baltic Sea. Simultaneously, the effectiveness of corrosion protection systems such as coating and Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (ICCP) were evaluated. Localized corrosion occurred in the heat-affected zone when austenitic electrodes were used in the corrosive environment. The localized corrosion depth after 1.5 years in the Baltic Sea and in the salt spray layer was approximately 250 µm and 390 µm, respectively. The ICCP system and the use of a coating were effective in preventing localized corrosion. The low pitting corrosion density of 2.5 × 103m−2 corresponds to grade A1 according to the standard and was found to be negligible as compared to the localized corrosion in the heat-affect zone.

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Corrosion behavior of austenitic stainless steel and nickel-based welded joints in underwater wet welding. / Vaccari, Leandro; Scheithauer, Thomas; Lendiel, Ivan et al.
In: npj Materials Degradation, Vol. 8, 51, 11.05.2024.

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Vaccari L, Scheithauer T, Lendiel I, Klett J, Hassel T, Maier HJ. Corrosion behavior of austenitic stainless steel and nickel-based welded joints in underwater wet welding. npj Materials Degradation. 2024 May 11;8:51. doi: 10.1038/s41529-024-00471-9
Vaccari, Leandro ; Scheithauer, Thomas ; Lendiel, Ivan et al. / Corrosion behavior of austenitic stainless steel and nickel-based welded joints in underwater wet welding. In: npj Materials Degradation. 2024 ; Vol. 8.
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