Study on Corrosion Behavior of Pearlitic Rail Steel ()
S. Samal,
A. Bhattaacharyya,
S.K. Mitra
Department of Metallurgical and Material Engineering, National Institute of Technology,Durgapur 713 209, India.
Information Materials Lab., School of Materials Science and Engineering, Inha University,253, Yonghyun-Dong, Nam-Gu, Incheon 402-751, Korea.
DOI: 10.4236/jmmce.2011.107044
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Abstract
The present study is an attempt to find out the effect of environmental corrosion on the
commonly used pearlitic rail steel. The cases of corrosion of rail under Indian environment
have been studied. It has been found that in marine environment both the yield strength and
tensile strength decreases with increasing corrosion rate. In acidic environment yield
strength increased with increasing corrosion rate, although the tensile strength decreases
with increasing corrosion rate.
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S. Samal, A. Bhattaacharyya and S. Mitra, "Study on Corrosion Behavior of Pearlitic Rail Steel,"
Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering, Vol. 10 No. 7, 2011, pp. 573-581. doi:
10.4236/jmmce.2011.107044.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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