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Systematic investigation on the corrosion of iron under conditions relevant to Storage of nuclear waste
Author(s) -
Trefz J.,
Schweinsberg M.,
Reier T.,
Schultze J. W.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
materials and corrosion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.487
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1521-4176
pISSN - 0947-5117
DOI - 10.1002/maco.19960470902
Subject(s) - corrosion , brine , electrochemistry , autoclave , oxide , materials science , buffer (optical fiber) , layer (electronics) , boron , adsorption , metallurgy , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , electrode , composite material , telecommunications , organic chemistry , computer science
Corrosion tests were performed on steel samples in q‐brine (pH 4.9), and for comparison in phthalate buffer (pH 4.9) and borate buffer (pH 8.4) at 170°C for 30 h in an autoclave. The samples were subsequently investigated by a wide variety of electrochemical, optical and UHV methods. A systematical combination of both non‐modifying and modifying methods was employed to allow for all measurements to be performed on a small number of samples. In borate buffer (pH 8.4), a thick (200 nm), homogeneous passivating oxide layer is found to build up on iron under test conditions (170°C, 30 h), resembling the anodic oxide layer (+ 1 V, 25°C) with respect to its optical and n‐semiconducting properties. No evidence for a barrier‐type layer is found for samples treated in phthalate buffer (pH 4.9) at 170°C for 30 h. The iron surface is covered by a precipitate layer in this case. In the chloridic q‐brine, a precipitate layer of Mg‐Fe‐oxichlorides is formed and large‐scale active corrosion is observed.