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  • Effects of the Wire Feeding...
    Yang, Mei; Lu, Jingxiang; Li, Yang; Tan, Jian; Zhang, Wenhao; Yang, Honglang

    International journal of electrochemical science, 10/2020, Volume: 15, Issue: 10
    Journal Article

    This paper studies the welding of X90 pipeline steel with ER100S-G welding wire via laser-metal active gas arc (laser-MAG) hybrid welding and explores the effects of three wire feeding speeds (8.5 mm/s, 9 mm/s, and 9.5 mm/s) on the microstructure, mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of the weld joints. The results demonstrate that the microstructure of the weld is composed mainly of acicular ferrite (AF) and massive ferrite (MF). The structure of the heat-affected zone (HAZ) is composed mainly of granular bainite (GB) and acicular ferrite (AF). As the wire feeding speed is increased, the weld and HAZ grains grow significantly, while the ultimate tensile strength and microhardness decrease. Polarization curves were obtained and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was conducted on welds and base metals. The base material has the highest corrosion resistance, and the corrosion resistance of the welds decreased as the grains grew.