The authors have investigated the galvanic corrosion of mild steel in contact with phosphorus bronze in Na
2SO
410H
2O and Na
2CO
3 alkaline solutions at 30° and interpreted the relation between the potential difference of both metals, the specific resistance of solutions, the solubilities of corrosion products, the polarization and the galvanic corrosion loss
ΔW of mild steel, by introducing the following equation:
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Furthermore the following items were cleared up.
(1) In stagnant state, the maximum point of
ΔW is at pH=10.5 in Na
2CO
3 solution. At pH<10.5,
ΔW is controlled mainly by
V, γ and cathodic depolarization, but at pH>10.5, it is controlled mainly by decrease of
V and anodic polarization. (2) In Na
2CO
3 solution, the decrease of
ΔW of mild steel with increase of r.p.m. is based on the decrease of
V and anodic polarization. The fact that the pH value at which the maximum point of
ΔW is obtained shifts to smaller values by revolution seems to be caused by anodic polarization due to the increase of diffusion amount of OH
−. (3) On the contrary, in Na
2SO
410H
2O solution,
ΔW increases by revolution and this is because anodic polarization is affected differently by the difference of anions (CO
3−− or SO
4−−) in the solutions.
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