Author(s)

M. Mobin, Hina Shabnam

Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002 (India),.

The failure of steel components in multistage flash (MSF) desalination or power plants as a result of the deposition of carryover heavy metals/oxides is a common problem and reported by many authors. The present investigation was undertaken to study the corrosion behavior of mild steel and AISI 304L SS in presence of dissolved Cu ions under different experimental conditions. The experimental conditions include: variation in aqueous medium, Cu ion concentration, pH and flow condition. The corrosion rate of mild steel and SS 304L in presence of different concentration of Cu was determined by weight loss measurements and solvent analysis of iron ions into the test solution after completion of immersion. The amount of Cu ions present in the test solution after completion of immersion was also estimated using Atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The pH of the test solution was monitored during the entire period of immersion. Electrochemical techniques like free corrosion potential measurements and potentiodynamic polarization measurements were carried to find out the role of Cu ions on the corrosion behavior of mild steel and SS 304L. The effect of Cu on corrosion rate of mild steel is quite pronounced and follows interesting trend. However, SS 304L is not affected either in distilled water or artificial seawater and do not show any significant variation in corrosion rates in presence of Cu ions.

Mild steel; SS 304L; corrosion; copper ions; immersion tests; electrochemical tests

M. Mobin and H. Shabnam, "Corrosion Behavior of Mild Steel and SS 304L in Presence of Dissolved Copper," Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering, Vol. 9 No. 12, 2010, pp. 1113-1130. doi: 10.4236/jmmce.2010.912081.