The Corrosion Behavior of AISI 304L Stainless Steel in Simulated Concrete Pore Solution. And A New Marketing Plan for Stainless Steel Rebars.

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to study the corrosion behavior of AISI 304L stainless steel, and to present the results for a new marketing strategy for a steel rebar manufacturer. This experiment involved the usage of cyclic potentiodynamic polarization tests to investigate the effect of chlorides on the pitting corrosion behavior of AISI 304L stainless steel in a simulated concrete pore solution with 3.5 wt.% chlorides. The results of this experiment showed that the chlorides caused a large increase in the corrosion current density of AISI 304L stainless steel indicating increased susceptibility to general corrosion and pitting corrosion. The corrosion marketing project resulted in a ready-to-go marketing plan for a rebar manufacturer including a direct mail sales letter, a campaign chart, and instructions for how to test and improve the marketing campaign