简介：Thehighstrengthlow-alloysteelsareweldedbyunderwaterwetweldingwithstainlesssteelelectrodes.Themicrostructuralandelectrochemicalcorrosionstudyofbasemetal(BM),weldzone(WZ)andheataffectedzone(HAZ)arecarriedouttounderstandtheinfluenceofthecorrosionproductlayergeneratedonthehighstrengthlow-alloysteelsweldedbyunderwaterwetweldingwithstainlesssteelelectrodes,methodsusedincluding,potentiodynamicpolarization,electrochemicalimpedancespectroscopy(EIS)andscanningelectronmicroscope(SEM).TheresultsindicatethattheWZactsasacathodeandthereisnocorrosionproductonitthroughouttheimmersionperiodinseawater.TheHAZandBMactsasanodes.ThecorrosionratesoftheHAZandBMchangewiththeimmersiontimeincreasing.Intheinitialimmersionperiod,theHAZhasthehighestcorrosionratebecauseithasacoarsetemperedmartensitestructureandtheBMexhibitesamicrostructurewithveryfinegrainsofferriteandpearlite.Afteraperiodofimmersion,theBMhasthehighestcorrosionrate.ThereasonisthatthecorrosionproductlayerontheHAZisdenseandhasabetterprotectivepropertywhilethatontheBMislooseandcannotinhibitthediffusionofoxygen.