Abstract:

Tribocorrosion is the interaction between wear and corrosion, which occur in several industrial and biomedical applications, resulting in a pronounced degradation of the material. The aim of this work was to compare the wear resistance in aqueous solution of similar joints of a martensitic (Hardox 500) steel, and of dissimilar joints between the steels Hardox and SAE 1010. The joints were carried out using submerged arc welding, with an energy input of 7.7 kJ/cm. Reciprocating sliding microwear tests were performed in a solution of 0.05M NaCl, in samples of similar and dissimilar joints. The regions analyzed in tribocorrosion were weld metals (WM) and heat affected zones (HAZ), these in the sub-regions which exhibited the lowest hardness value, in each welded joint. For comparison, tests in base materials (BM) of SAE 1010 and Hardox steels were also performed – in Hardox steels, in samples with and without a coating of zinc silicate. Among all tested conditions, the higher tribocorrosion resistance was observed for the coated Hardox. In the group of samples which were tested without any coating, degradation caused by tribocorrosion process was less significative in the BM of Hardox steel. In the other studied conditions, it was observed wear enhanced corrosion, mainly for the BM of SAE 1010 steel in which occurred an intense dissolution of the material in the area adjacent to the wear track, outside the track.

Key-words:
Wear; Corrosion; Tribocorrosion; Martensitic steel; SAE 1010