[article]
Titre : |
The possibility for formation of macro-cell corrosion in a liquid with low electrical conductivity |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
M. Matsumura, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2011 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 449–453 |
Note générale : |
Génie Mécanique |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Carbon steel pipe Flow accelerated corrosion Macro-cell Micro-cell Mihama nuclear power plant Pure water |
Index. décimale : |
620.1 Essais des matériaux. Défauts des matériaux. Protection des matériaux |
Résumé : |
The possibility of electrochemical corrosion of carbon steel at the rate of 3.25 × 10−5 A/cm2 in water was examined under the conditions present during an accidental pipe rupture at the Mihama nuclear power plant: liquid conductivity, 7.5 µS/cm; dissolved oxygen concentration, 5 ppb or less; pH 8.6∼9.3; ferrous ion concentration, 20 ppb or less; temperature, 142 °C. The corrosion rate of iron in a micro-cell with a dissolved oxygen reduction cathode was estimated to be only 1/400 of the preceding rate. On the other hand, that in a micro-cell with a hydrogen ion reduction cathode was estimated to be as high as 1/10 of the preceding rate, that is, 3.25 × 10−6 A/cm2. Two important factors may have influenced the corrosion rate: the remarkable wall thinning, which must have been the direct cause of the rupture of the pipe, was located close to, and downstream from, an orifice; and, the water temperature was in the range at which carbon steel makes a transition from the active to the passive state. Taking these facts into consideration, it appears possible that micro-cells with different corrosion rates might be generated and integrated into a macro-cell, where the iron dissolution rate might be accelerated to as much as 10 times that of the micro-cell.
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DEWEY : |
620.1 |
ISSN : |
0947-5117 |
En ligne : |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/maco.200905573/abstract |
in Materials and corrosion > Vol. 62 N° 5 (Mai 2011) . - pp. 449–453
[article] The possibility for formation of macro-cell corrosion in a liquid with low electrical conductivity [texte imprimé] / M. Matsumura, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 449–453. Génie Mécanique Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Materials and corrosion > Vol. 62 N° 5 (Mai 2011) . - pp. 449–453
Mots-clés : |
Carbon steel pipe Flow accelerated corrosion Macro-cell Micro-cell Mihama nuclear power plant Pure water |
Index. décimale : |
620.1 Essais des matériaux. Défauts des matériaux. Protection des matériaux |
Résumé : |
The possibility of electrochemical corrosion of carbon steel at the rate of 3.25 × 10−5 A/cm2 in water was examined under the conditions present during an accidental pipe rupture at the Mihama nuclear power plant: liquid conductivity, 7.5 µS/cm; dissolved oxygen concentration, 5 ppb or less; pH 8.6∼9.3; ferrous ion concentration, 20 ppb or less; temperature, 142 °C. The corrosion rate of iron in a micro-cell with a dissolved oxygen reduction cathode was estimated to be only 1/400 of the preceding rate. On the other hand, that in a micro-cell with a hydrogen ion reduction cathode was estimated to be as high as 1/10 of the preceding rate, that is, 3.25 × 10−6 A/cm2. Two important factors may have influenced the corrosion rate: the remarkable wall thinning, which must have been the direct cause of the rupture of the pipe, was located close to, and downstream from, an orifice; and, the water temperature was in the range at which carbon steel makes a transition from the active to the passive state. Taking these facts into consideration, it appears possible that micro-cells with different corrosion rates might be generated and integrated into a macro-cell, where the iron dissolution rate might be accelerated to as much as 10 times that of the micro-cell.
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DEWEY : |
620.1 |
ISSN : |
0947-5117 |
En ligne : |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/maco.200905573/abstract |
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