TY - JOUR A1 - Babutzka, Martin A1 - Heyn, A. A1 - Rosemann, Paul T1 - Influence of austenitizing and tempering on the corrosion behavior and sensitization of martensitic stainless steel X50CrMoV15 JF - Materials and Corrosion N2 - Electrochemical tests, hardness measurements, and microstructure analysis are performed to study the influence of austenitizing, quenching, and tempering parameters on the corrosion resistance of the martensitic stainless steel grade X50CrMoV15 (1.4116). Different heat treatment states were studied using an adapted EPR-Test to evaluate the chromium distribution and depletion caused by the formation and dissolution of chromium rich carbides. The EPR results were correlated with pitting corrosion behavior, demonstrating the strong effect of heat treatment parameters on the susceptibility of martensitic stainless steels to corrosion phenomena. KW - Martensitic stainless steel KW - Electrochemical potentiokinetic reactivation KW - Heat treatment KW - Pitting corrosion PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/maco.201810170 SN - 0947-5117 SN - 1521-4176 VL - 69 IS - 10 SP - 1338 EP - 1349 PB - Wiley-VCH Verlag CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-46138 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -