Estudo da resistência à corrosão de soldas de ferro fundido branco alto cromo na presença de NaOH (30% p.p)

Abstract

In the mining industry, specifically in bauxite beneficiation, adverse working conditions are encountered, requiring high mechanical and chemical resistance. For these conditions, it is necessary to choose potentially resistant materials, such as high Cr white cast iron (FFBA-Cr). However, currently, there is no effective recovery of equipment manufactured with FFBA-Cr, mainly due to the difficulty of machinability generated in the repair process. An alternative recovery has been developed by the Laboratory of Characterization of Metallic Materials of UFPA - LCAM, through electric arc welding, using two filler metals, the electric wire ER307L and the wire with high Mn value. In this context, this work proposes to investigate the corrosion resistance of the welded joint, obtained with these two filler metals. The base metal (FFBA-Cr) as a reference and the metals generated by the welded joints, ER307L and with high Mn value, were analyzed. The samples underwent optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and electrochemical tests of corrosion potential, polarization and impedance. It was observed that the samples presented a similar structure of carbide matrix, but with different organization and volumes. However, the electrochemical behavior of corrosion potential, polarization and impedance were similar, with their resulting values very close, variations: 50 V; 3.53 µA; 0.18 ohm, respectively, which was corroborated by the corrosion rate, 0.4 mmpy, and explained by the calculations of Cr and Ni volume, which present inverse values of concentration magnitude between the samples. Raman analyses performed after polarization of the samples indicated the formation of important oxides on this surface and possibly the formation of a passivating layer, which is corroborated by the mass loss analysis that showed the possibility of passivation of the welded joints, despite corrosion processes in the anodic phase of this exposure process over the exposure time.