TY - GEN A1 - Müller, Thoralf T1 - Field exposure studies of austenitic and duplex stainless steels in tunnel atmospheres N2 - Due to the high corrosivity that are present in road tunnel structures, cleaning and maintenance work on stainless steel components in the tunnels is carried out at regular intervals in the tunnels, which means that parts of the lanes or the whole tunnel have to be temporarily closed. To reduce these traffic disruptions and maintenance costs, it is important to reduce the work that is needed for cleaning and maintenance of stainless steel components in road tunnels. One possibility is the identification and utilization of better suited alternatives to the commonly used austenitic stainless steels AISI 316L and AISI 316Ti. Thus, a field exposure study was carried out in different road tunnels throughout Germany to qualify different duplex and lean duplex stainless steels for tunnel constructions. The proposed scientific poster gives an overview of results after the first three years of exposure in three different road tunnels. Samples of different stainless steels were placed in different areas of the tunnel – at lane height and at the ceiling. Some samples were exposed under sheltered conditions. Pit depths were evaluated on the free surface and in crevice areas after each year of exposure. The investigations show that duplex stainless steels have a comparable or even better corrosion resistance than austenitic steels in tunnel atmospheres T2 - Stainless Steel World Conference & Expo 2023 CY - Maastricht, Netherlands DA - 26.09.2023 KW - Corrosion KW - Atmosphere KW - Tunnel KW - Stainless Steel PY - 2023 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/58487 AN - OPUS4-58487 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany