Study on periodic immersion and infrared aging corrosion behavior of bridge weathering steel Q420qNH welded joint and plate in NaHSO3 solution

The periodic immersion corrosion behavior and corrosion mechanism of Q420qNH steel weld, heat-affected zone and plate sample in simulated industrial atmospheric medium were studied. The corrosion type of the three samples is the non-uniform total corrosion, and the corrosion products at different stages are different. Ferric oxide and lepidocrocite (γ-FeOOH) are generated in the immersion stage and the initial stage of infrared drying, respectively. However, lepidocrocite (γ-FeOOH), ferrosoferric oxide (Fe₃O₄) and goethite (α-FeOOH) generated in the later stage of infrared drying. The infrared drying process is conducive to the formation of goethite (α-FeOOH). The corrosion rate of weld is always lower than that of plate, and the I_α-FeOOH/I_γ-FeOOH ratio of the weld is always higher than that of plate and heat-affected zone sample. In the later stage of corrosion, the self-corrosion current density of the three samples from small to large is weld, heat-affected zone and plate, and self-corrosion potential from large to small is weld, heat-affected zone and plate. The resistance of the rust layer of the weld and heat-affected zone sample is 1.81 times, 1.29 times of that of the plate, respectively. This is because the weld is composed of a large number of small angular grain boundary structures dominated by tiny acicular ferrite in the original austenite grain, which is conducive to the improvement of corrosion resistance. In addition, the higher chromium/carbon (Cr/C), copper and nickel elements of the weld can promote the conversion from lepidocrocite (γ-FeOOH) to goethite (α-FeOOH), and improve the density and stability of weld rust layer.