Corrosion Mechanism of Titanium Oxide Film in Higher Cl- Concentration Solutions Containing CO2/H2S Based on Molecular Dynamics
摘要
The stabilities of oxide films on the surface of titanium alloys could determine their corrosion resistance values. Therefore, high-concentration NaCl solutions containing different corrosive species (CO2, H2S, and CO2/H2S) were simulated by molecular dynamics to study the interfacial corrosion characteristics of titanium oxide (TiO2) film on a TC4 titanium alloy in this article. The corrosion mechanism of the titanium alloy was explored based on the system equilibrium criterion, interfacial binding energy, mean square displacement (MSD), radial distribution function (RDF), and relative concentration distribution. The results showed that the degrees of corrosion of the different species on TiO2 were in the order of Cl- > HS- > HCO3-. Cl- was first adsorbed on the surface of TiO2, and its adsorption was the most stable. The concentration distribution map showed that Cl- penetrated the interior of TiO2, leading to the dissolution of the local oxide film. HS- and HCO3- were mainly distributed on the surface of TiO2, accelerating the destruction of the surface oxide film. Adding a small amount of H2S gas in the CO2-Cl- environment inhibited the CO2-based corrosion of the titanium alloy, and H2S corrosion dominated. An increase in the H2S partial pressure accelerated the concentration of HS-, increasing the corrosion rate, and the facial film of titanium alloy changed from TiO2 to TiS2, further degrading the degree of protection that the film layer provided to the TC4 titanium alloy.