TY - GEN
T1 - Effect of molybdate anion addition on repassivation of corroding crevice in austenitic stainless steel
AU - Watanabe, Shun
AU - Sekiguchi, Tomohiro
AU - Abe, Hiroshi
AU - Watanabe, Yutaka
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - In Japan, light water reactors are built on the seacoast because they use seawater as the final heatsink. Leakage of seawater from the condenser section of the reactor could lead to contamination of the reactor coolant, and stainless steels can be susceptible to crevice corrosion in chloride-contaminated water. Therefore, it is necessary to develop counter measures for suppressing the initiation of crevice corrosion and for repassivating the corroding crevice to maintain structural reliability. To accomplish this, first the effect of molybdate anion on suppressing the initiation of crevice corrosion on 316L stainless steel in chloride-contaminated water was evaluated by potentiostatic immersion tests. Next, the effect of molybdate anion addition on the repassivation of corroding crevices was also evaluated through potentiostatic immersion tests as a function of the concentration of chloride anion. Based on the results of these examinations, the beneficial effects of the presence of molybdate anion on the suppression of initiation and propagation of crevice corrosion were quantitatively evaluated in terms of critical potentials.
AB - In Japan, light water reactors are built on the seacoast because they use seawater as the final heatsink. Leakage of seawater from the condenser section of the reactor could lead to contamination of the reactor coolant, and stainless steels can be susceptible to crevice corrosion in chloride-contaminated water. Therefore, it is necessary to develop counter measures for suppressing the initiation of crevice corrosion and for repassivating the corroding crevice to maintain structural reliability. To accomplish this, first the effect of molybdate anion on suppressing the initiation of crevice corrosion on 316L stainless steel in chloride-contaminated water was evaluated by potentiostatic immersion tests. Next, the effect of molybdate anion addition on the repassivation of corroding crevices was also evaluated through potentiostatic immersion tests as a function of the concentration of chloride anion. Based on the results of these examinations, the beneficial effects of the presence of molybdate anion on the suppression of initiation and propagation of crevice corrosion were quantitatively evaluated in terms of critical potentials.
KW - Crevice corrosion
KW - Initiation potential
KW - Molybdate anion
KW - Repassivation potential
KW - Stainless steel
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-67244-1_73
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-67244-1_73
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85042463711
SN - 9783319672434
T3 - Minerals, Metals and Materials Series
SP - 1157
EP - 1168
BT - Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems – Water Reactors
A2 - Paraventi, Denise
A2 - Wright, Michael
A2 - Jackson, John H.
PB - Springer International Publishing
T2 - 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems - Water Reactors, 2017
Y2 - 13 August 2017 through 17 August 2017
ER -