XU Yan-dong, GU Yang, XIE Bao-sheng, MA Shu-sen, LI Jian-qiang, YUAN Hua-peng
The morphology, composition, and stress state of the iron oxide scale were used as starting points. The effects of pickling, stretching, and cold rolling methods on descaling of the steel surface were explored by means of SEM, EDS and XRD. The results show that the scale of the iron oxide consists of the outermost layer of red Fe2O3,the middle layer of magnetic Fe3O4, and the innermost layer of FeO. After four minutes of hydrochloric acid pickling, the spot of the steel plate appears on the surface, and after six minutes, the surface scale of iron oxide is basically removed. The crack has a great influence on the pickling speed. Compared to hydrochloric acid, the composite acid GF2 & GF1 based on phosphoric acid has the advantages of repeated use, no emission, etc., and does not cause crack. Under the same deformation, the descale effect of compressive stress is significantly better than the tensile stress. In order to achieve the effect of breaking the scale, the steel must be forced to produce large deformation.