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This study aims to investigate the effects of annealing, quenching, and tempering (Q&T) heat treatments on the microstructure, crystallographic orientation, and electrochemical performance of a wall shaped 420 martensitic stainless steel part fabricated by wire arc additive manufacturing technology. The formation of a martensitic matrix with delta ferrite in the as-printed sample, islands of spherical chromium carbides embedded in a ferritic matrix in annealed sample, and intergranular chromium-rich carbides along the primary austenite grain boundaries in addition to intra-lath Fe-rich carbides in the quenching and tempering heat treated sample were detected. To characterize the corrosion performance of the fabricated samples, open circuit potential, potentiodynamic polarization, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy tests were performed on all samples in aerated 3.5 wt.% NaCl electrolyte at room …