Stainless steel components often face corrosion and tribocorrosion in various halide environments, as seen in applications like seawater plunger pumps, chemical agitators, and valves. Chloride (Cl-) and bromide (Br-) ions both degrade the corrosion and tribocorrosion resistance of stainless steel, yet their relative aggressiveness remains debated. Therefore, this study systematically compared the damage behavior of stainless steel in different halide environments using combined electrochemical and tribological techniques. Electrochemical corrosion analysis revealed Cl- exhibited greater propensity than Br- to displace oxygen within the Cr2O3 passive film and had a stronger penetration ability (smaller radius), rendering stainless steel more susceptible to pitting corrosion in Cl- solutions. Resultant pits were larger, deeper, and more densely distributed. However, accumulated corrosion products such as FexOy inhibited Cl- penetration, yielding a lower Icorr in Cl- (3.58 ×10−9 A/cm2) versus Br- solutions (8.87 ×10−9 A/cm2). Under tribocorrosion, copious Cl--derived corrosion products acted as abrasive third bodies, exacerbating material loss versus Br- environments, while wear-induced surface activation concurrently accelerated corrosion rates. This synergistic wear-corrosion interaction significantly elevated degradation, with corrosion-enhanced wear dominating material removal. Thus, while Cl- more readily disrupted the Cr2O3 passive film, static corrosion products conferred protection via a “corrosion-product barrier” effect; under tribocorrosion, however, these protective oxides transformed into abrasive particles, amplifying degradation through mechano-electrochemical synergy.
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