Electrochemical characteristics of welded joints on stainless steel

Abstract

Maritime atmosphere represents the corrosion environment characterized by air saturated with chloride. This study examines corrosion characteristics of X5CrNi 18-10 austenitic stainless steel welded using argon atmosphere and rutile electrode methods, tested in NaCl solutions and seawater samples from Dubrovnik and Ploce regions using potentiodynamic polarization techniques across heat-affected, weld-metal, and base-metal zones.