Novel Gradient Alloy Steel with Quasi‐Continuous Ratios Fabricated by Selective Laser Melting: Microstructure and Corrosion Behavior

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Abstract
In this article, a quasi‐continuous ratio gradient alloy steel (GAS) with a 24CrNiMo high‐strength low‐alloy steel matrix for high‐speed railway brake discs is fabricated by selective laser melting (SLM). The composition of GAS is X% 24CrNiMo + (1–X)% wear‐resistant stainless steel (WSS), in which X is 100, 65, 35, and 0. The relationship between the microstructure and the corrosion resistance is intensively studied by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and potentiodynamic electrochemical equipment. With the increase in the content of WSS, the low angle grain boundaries of the GAS increases, and the microstructure refines and the texture intensity decreases. The passivation film of the external WSS strengthening layer is dense; the corresponding corrosion potential and corrosion current density are −0.109 V and 2.08 × 10−8 A cm−2, respectively. The corrosion current density is about 1% of the substrate 24CrNiMo, and the corrosion resistance of the material is significantly improved.
Funding Information
  • National Basic Research Program of China (2016YFB1100204)
  • Department of Science and Technology of Liaoning Province (2018106004)
  • Shenyang Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology (19-109-1-03)

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