- Title
- Rust removal from steel coupons after short-term marine immersion
- Creator
- Chaves, Igor A.; Jeffrey, Robert; Melchers, Robert E.
- Relation
- Funding BodyARCGrant NumberDP140103388 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140103388
- Relation
- Corrosion Vol. 71, Issue 7, p. 811-818
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5006/1649
- Publisher
- NACE International
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- The quantification of mass loss, surface topography, depth of pitting, and localized corrosion for steels subject to marine corrosion requires the removal of rusts, preferably without causing additional mass loss, pitting, or other damage. Conventional procedures using inhibited hydrochloric acid or Clarke's solution are shown to remove short-term marine rusts but also to cause new corrosion including pitting and related rust products. Both increase with longer exposure to the cleaning solutions. Water washing with soft water left calcareous materials on the metal surface. Ultrasonic removal did not cause additional corrosion but was effective only for very light rusts. Although relatively slow, electrolytic cleaning (electrolysis) produced clean surfaces without new corrosion.
- Subject
- cleaning; coupons; mass loss; pitting; steel
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1306509
- Identifier
- uon:21198
- Identifier
- ISSN:0010-9312
- Language
- eng
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