Effects of anodic dissolution in corrosive slurries with different chemical compositions and
pHs on the in-situ surface mechanical properties and slurry erosion-corrosion resistance of
carbon steel were investigated. The experimental measurements indicate the existence of
corrosion-enhanced erosion because the erosion is accelerated by the anodic current and it
depends heavily on the slurry pH and chemistry. The in-situ nanoindentation shows that the
presence of anodic current on the surface reduces the surface hardness. When the anodic
current density was held unchanged, both the corrosion-enhanced erosion in acidic slurries
and the corrosion-induced surface hardness degradation in the acidic solutions were much
more pronounced than those in neutral and alkaline slurries/solutions. In the neutral and
alkaline media, the corrosion-enhanced erosion and the in-situ surface hardness degradation
were hardly affected by the chemical composition of aqueous media but a remarkable impact
of chemical composition was observed when corrosive media are acidic.