The effects of anions and agitating conditions on the corrosion of 18-8 stainless steel were studied by immersion tests and measurements of polarization curves.
The results obtained were as follows:
(1) The amount of corrosion in Cl
- solution was much larger than that in ClO
4- or SO
42- solution and it increased with the increase of Cl
- concentration up to 19, 000p.p.m.
The value of corrosion rate obtained from the polarization curves was in appreciably good accordance with that calculated by the immersion test for a long time.
(2) It was explained that the rest potential varied with the lapse of time; in particular, remarkably in Cl
- solution.
(3) It was also explained that the temperature of Cl
- solution and the agitating conditions of ClO
4- or SO
42- solution had great effects on the limiting current density for dissolution of iron. The effects of agitating conditions on the limiting current density for reduction of oxygen were theoretically analyzed, and the relation between the diffusion current (i
d) and angular velocity of rotation (ω) for a rotating cylindrical electrode was derived as follows;
i
d=Aω
1/2(4) The activation energy of corrosion was discussed and the singularity of Cl
- was explained.
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