INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE

This study was carried out to examine the impact of austenitization and tempering temperatures on the corrosion characteristics of boron steels. Boron steel samples were austenitized at 850 degrees C, 900 degrees C, and 950 degrees C, and then quenched in environmental water. After quenching, the samples were tempered at 150 degrees C, 300 degrees C, and 450 degrees C for 30 minutes to prepare specimens. The corrosion characteristics of quenched and tempered boron steels in a 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution were examined using Tafel extrapolation method. Significant statistical differences have been observed between the tested boron steels in terms of corrosion rate. Changing C concentration affected the corrosion rates of boron steels after their immersion into a 3.5 wt% NaCl solution and increasing C content generally accelerated the corrosion rate. A poor correlation has been found between average ferrite grain size and corrosion rate under the examined heat treatment conditions for tested boron steels