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Quantitative Test – Stainless Steel Passivation

Quantitative Passivation Testing - Passivation Tester

There are 3 main types of analysis to perform a quantitative passivation test, to provide a numeric result related to the thickness of the passivation layer of stainless steel and the surface ratio between Chromium and Iron.

These techniques are generally expensive, as they require laboratory instruments that only Universities or specialized private laboratories feature. Moreover, the preparative of the samples is long and follows specific requirements.

These limitations have been overcome by the development of portable instruments for the passivation measuring, commonly called Stainless Steel Passivation Tester.

Back to the lab analysis used for the quantitative measurement of the passivation of stainless, two techniques are based on the bombardment of the sample by X-rays at high energy, while the third technique is based on an electrochemical method that returns the curves relating to ‘trend of current (therefore of the corrosive phenomena) on the basis of a potential imposed.

  • AES: Auger Electron Spectroscopy
  • XPS X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
  • Cyclic Polarization

We’ll get into the specifics of the three techniques in next article (coming soon)

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Comments: 2

  1. Xin Ying
    4 April 2018 at 1:36

    Since the atomic ratio of Cr to Fe is a quantiative way of measuring passivation. Is it possible to use a Positive Material Identification (PMI) gun to check the passivation quality of metal?

    Reply
    1. Ing. Gianpaolo Orlando
      4 April 2018 at 8:43

      Dear Sir, the ratio between Fe and Cr is the base to consider a good % to reach a good passivation, but in my opinion it’s not a sufficient way: even if there is a lot of Cr there may be a lot of different cases where this element doesn’t bound the oxygen to create the passive layer, E.G. when there is the formation of Cr-C.

      The best way to me to check the real passivation is an electrochemical surface test so 1) a polarization test in a lab OR 2) a local test with a portable tester (non distruptive test)

      If you want to read more please check the IT original version of the blog, there are a lot of articles still to be translated http://www.decapaggio-passivazione.it

      THANK YOU!

      Reply

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