We have studied here the wet/dry cyclic corrosion behaviour of V-N-0.8Cr weathering steel and compared with a reference steel (Q345B) in 0.01 mol/L NaHSO3 simulated industrial atmosphere. The study indicated that the coherent protective oxide layer formed in the surface of V-N-0.8Cr microalloyed weathering steel, contained corrosion resistant alloying elements (Cr, Ni, Cu, P, Mo). The addition of Cr significantly inhibited the corrosion of weathering steel. The corrosion rate of V-N-0.8Cr and Q345B steel after 360 h corrosion were 1.60 g/(h·cm2) and 2.42 g/(h·cm2) respectively. The major corrosion products in both the steels mainly constituted of α-FeOOH and γ- FeOOH and Fe3O4. The stratification of the corrosion layer evolved into a dual-layer structure, where the outer layer was dense and the inner layer was a loose and porous structure in V-N-0.8Cr weathering steel. This is different from previous studies. Cr tends to be concentrated in the inner corrosion layer.
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