S-BT Threaded Fastener Specification

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S-BT Screw-in threaded studs
Fastener (smallarea)
Fastened part (largearea)
Carbon steel
(Duplex-coated)
S-BT-MF
S-BT-MFMT
S-BT-GF
S-BT-GFNG
S-BT-EF
Stainless steel
S-BT-MR
S-BT-MRMT
S-BT-GR
S-BT-GRNG
S-BT-ER
Electrogalvanized
Hot-dipgalvanized
Aluminum
Structuralorcaststeel
Stainlesssteel(CrNiorCrNiMo)
Tin
Copper
Brass
◻=Noimpactonlifetime
=moderateimpactonlifetime,technicallyacceptedinmanycases
◼=strongimpactonlifetime
ImpactonlifetimeoftheS-BTfastenerbygalvanic(contact)corrosion
5.10.2 Galvanic(contact)corrosion
Galvaniccorrosionreferstocorrosiondamagewheretwodissimilarmetalshave
anelectricallyconductingconnectionandareincontactwithacommoncorrosive
electrolyte.
Generally,thelessnoblemetalwillbedissolved(anodicmetaldissolution),whereas
themorenoblepartisnotattackedbycorrosion(servesonlyasthecathodefor
oxygenreduction).Wheregalvaniccorrosiontakesplace,therateofcorrosionof
thelessnoblemetalishigherthanitwouldbeinafreecorrodingenvironment
withoutcontacttoanothermetal.
Galvaniccorrosioncanbeavoidedbytherightchoiceofmaterialcombinations.To
minimizegalvaniccorrosion,thedifferenceinfreecorrosionpotentialbetweenthe
materialsshouldbeaslowaspossible,and/orthesurfaceratiooflessnoblemetal
tonoblermetalshouldbeveryhigh.Thefreecorrosionpotentialdependsonthe
standardpotential,agiventhermodynamicvalueforeachmetalandthecorrosive
environment.
Asageneralruleofthumb,afastenershouldalwaysbemadeofthesameora
morenoblemetalthantheparttobefastenedinordertopreventfailureofthe
fastener.Thefastenertypicallyhasthesmallersurfacearea.
Thefollowingtableshowstheimpactofgalvaniccorrosionunderatmospheric
outdoorconditionsforvariousmaterialcombinations.
Indryindoorapplicationscontactcorrosioncanbeneglectedandusuallythereare
nosusceptiblematerialcombinations.
This is a typical case of contact
corrosion. Zinc-plated carbon steel
(washer)andstainlesssteel(screw
andpart)wereusedtogether.The
surfaceareaofthemorenoblemetal–
thestainlesssteel–islarger,causing
strongcorrosionofthewasher.
Corrosionpotentialofvariousmetalsin
seawater
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Stainless steel
Galvanizedsteel
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