- Title
- Long-term immersion corrosion of steels in seawaters with elevated nutrient concentration
- Creator
- Melchers, Robert E.
- Relation
- Funding BodyARCGrant NumberDP140103388 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140103388
- Relation
- Corrosion Science Vol. 81, p. 110-116
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2013.12.009
- Publisher
- Pergamon
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Data from a variety of field exposure programs is used to quantify the effect of concentration of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) on long-term seawater immersion corrosion loss of structural steels. A linear correlation model that asymptotes the long-term part of the previously proposed bi-modal corrosion loss model is used. It allows for average seawater temperature. Model parameters and their variability are determined and reported. The model permits prediction of long-term corrosion loss in nutrient polluted waters of known average temperature. An example shows that anthropological pollution of seawater potentially is a major hazard for corrosion of steel infrastructure.
- Subject
- steel; modelling studies; weight loss; microbiological corrosion
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1306973
- Identifier
- uon:21300
- Identifier
- ISSN:0010-938X
- Language
- eng
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