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Influence of grain refinement on the corrosion behavior of metallic materials: A review

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Abstract

Grain refinement can strengthen the mechanical properties of materials according to the classical Hall-Petch relationship but does not always result in better corrosion resistance. During the past few decades, various techniques have been dedicated to refining grain, along with relevant studies on corrosion behavior, including general corrosion, pitting corrosion, and stress corrosion cracking. However, the fundamental consensus on how grain size influences corrosion behavior has not been reached. This paper reviews existing literature on the beneficial and detrimental effects of grain refinement on corrosion behavior. Moreover, the effects of microstructural changes (i.e., grain boundary, dislocation, texture, residual stress, impurities, and second phase) resulting from grain refinement on corrosion behavior are discussed. The grain refinement not only has an impact on the corrosion performance, but also results in microstructural changes that have a non-negligible effect on corrosion behavior or even outweigh that of grain refinement. Grain size is not the only factor affecting the corrosion behavior of metallic materials; thus, the overall influence of microstructures on corrosion behavior should be understood.

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This work was fianancially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51871024) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. FRF-NP-20-07).

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Wang, Pj., Ma, Lw., Cheng, Xq. et al. Influence of grain refinement on the corrosion behavior of metallic materials: A review. Int J Miner Metall Mater 28, 1112–1126 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-021-2308-0

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