Corrosion of presshardened galvanized steel JKU（腐蚀presshardened JKU镀锌钢）.pdf

Corrosion Science 63 (2012) 12–19 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Corrosion Science journal homepage: www.else /locate/corsci Corrosion of press-hardened galvanized steel Robert Autengruber a,b, Gerald Luckeneder b, Achim Walter Hassel a,⇑ a Institute for Chemical Technology of Inorganic Materials, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenberger Str. 69, 4040 Linz, Austria b voestalpine Stahl GmbH, Research and Development, voestalpine-Str. 3, 4021 Linz, Austria a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Press hardening of hot-dip-galvanized steel sheet yields an innovative product with high strength and Received 17 October 2011 reduced weight with drastically increasing industrial importance. This process results in an austenitisa- Accepted 21 April 2012 tion of the steel and a conversion of the 10 lm Zn layer into a 20 lm thick coating consisting of zinc sat- Available online 12 May 2012 urated a-iron and C-FeZn-phases. A 5-times longer protection is found in cyclic corrosion tests. The mechanism is a combination of the increase of the coating thickness, cathodic protection and the barrier Keywords: properties of simonkolleite in the corrosion products. Simonkolleite-Zn (OH) Cl , hydrozincite- 5 8 2 A. Metal