Abstract
In the paper, there are presented the analyses of iron Fe2p3/2 and chromium Cr2p3/2 and oxide O1s XPS spectra of surfaces obtained after abrasive and electrochemical polishing with additional treatment as chemical chelating in the solution containing of 10% Citric Acid and 2% Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid. There was also performed electro-chelating after mechanical polishing in the electrolyte for chemical chelating. The maximum values of chromium compounds to iron compounds ratio were obtained after electropolishing with and without stirring with chemical chelating in Citric Acid and EDTA and they were in rage from 3.5 to 3.6. The minimum value was obtained for the steel surface after abrasive polishing and electro-chelating and was equal 1.3. After electrochemical polishing and chemical passivation in the surface layer there were detected FeO and Cr(OH)3 as dominated compounds. After abrasive polishing and electro-chelating there were mostly Fe2O3 and Cr2O3.