The function of Cr on the rust formed on weathering steel performed in a simulated tropical marine atmosphere environment

• Published in: Construction & building materials Vol. 277; p. 122298
• Main Authors: Zhang, Tianyi, Xu, Xuxue, Li, Yong, Lv, Xuewei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 29.03.2021
• Subjects: Rust layer; Tropical marine atmosphere; Weathering steel; XPS; Weathering steel; XPS; Rust layer; Tropical marine atmosphere; Cr

•Corrosion behavior of the weathering steels (WSs) with different Cr content in a tropic marine atmosphere environment was studied.•Both phase composition and valence states of Cr in the rusts were investigated.•Based on the statistics of Cr(OH)3 and Cr2O3 in the rusts, the facilitation of Cr on the...