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- Title
Monitoring the galvanic corrosion of copper–steel coupling in bentonite slurry during the early oxic phase using coupled multielectrode arrays.
- Authors
Kosec, Tadeja; Hren, Miha; Prijatelj, Klara; Zajec, Bojan; Gartner, Nina; Legat, Andraž
- Abstract
In the case of a two‐part container for spent nuclear fuel, consisting of an iron‐based inner structure with a copper coating, the potential perforation of copper through minor damage may result in intensive galvanic corrosion between copper and steel. The present work focuses on the corrosion of steel galvanically coupled to copper and exposed to a slightly saline environment under oxic conditions. The electrochemical processes on individual electrodes were monitored by coupled multielectrode arrays (CMEAs). The CMEAs were either in contact with groundwater saturated with bentonite or immersed in groundwater only. Very high galvanic corrosion currents were detected between carbon steel and pure copper in the early oxic phase. Additionally, the use of CMEAs further made it possible to monitor the distribution of cathodic currents around the steel electrode, which behaved anodically. Various microscopy and spectroscopy techniques were applied to identify the modes of corrosion and the type of corrosion products present at the end of the period of exposure.
- Subjects
BENTONITE; COPPER; CARBON steel; SLURRY; NUCLEAR fuels; ELECTROLYTIC corrosion; COPPER corrosion
- Publication
Materials & Corrosion / Werkstoffe und Korrosion, 2023, Vol 74, Issue 11, p1656
- ISSN
0947-5117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/maco.202213689