Pitting corrosion on stainless steel with or without passivation
(2017) KOO920 20162Centre for Analysis and Synthesis
- Abstract
- The stainless steel metal includes a large group of alloys and which one should choose for a process can be difficult to determine. Despite much research on corrosion, there is still disagreement on the impact of the corrosion resistance from passivation. This master thesis was assembled together with Tetra Pak to see the influence of passivation on stainless steels used in their processes.
The goal of this master thesis was to understand whether the passivation of the two stainless steels gave a better protection against corrosion. This was supposed to be investigated at different temperatures and concentrations of chloride ions. A large part of the project however, became finding out the right method to measure with. Because of this,... (More) - The stainless steel metal includes a large group of alloys and which one should choose for a process can be difficult to determine. Despite much research on corrosion, there is still disagreement on the impact of the corrosion resistance from passivation. This master thesis was assembled together with Tetra Pak to see the influence of passivation on stainless steels used in their processes.
The goal of this master thesis was to understand whether the passivation of the two stainless steels gave a better protection against corrosion. This was supposed to be investigated at different temperatures and concentrations of chloride ions. A large part of the project however, became finding out the right method to measure with. Because of this, the master thesis has given large insight of how a project proceeds from start to finish and has brought knowledge in problem solving and planning.
In this project, stainless steel types 304 and 316 were studied using polarization and OCP measurements. The stainless steels in half of the measurements had been passivated with citric acid. From the initial measurements it was clear that the OCP measurements required more time than the project could offer - after 12 hours it had still not reached a stable value and thus could not be used to draw any conclusions. One could nevertheless see tendencies for an increased protection by passivation in the beginning of the measurements, but after some time the values tended to reach stagnation.
The polarisation measurements gave more varying results and appeared to be more sensitive against small differences in the system. From the polarisation measurements one could see that the pitting potential (Epit) ranged from 2.37E-6 mm/year to 1.44E-4 mm/year. The corrosion rate (Crate) with the estimated compositions of the steel varied between 149mV and 1235mV. The reliability of the measurements was questioned early in the process since the results differed from what was expected. The accuracy was later seen more clearly by comparing results from the same tests with each other. Since the temperature in this project differed greatly from the temperatures that are used in Tetra Pak’s processes, one cannot advise on whether to passivate or not. However, the report can lead to knowledge of methods to measure corrosion and knowledge of how materials are affected at lower temperatures. The report also contains advice on how the research should continue. (Less) - Popular Abstract (Swedish)
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- Karlsson, Jeanette LU
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- Sven Lidin LU
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- course
- KOO920 20162
- year
- 2017
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
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- materials chemistry, materialkemi
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- English
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- 8903674
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abstract = {{The stainless steel metal includes a large group of alloys and which one should choose for a process can be difficult to determine. Despite much research on corrosion, there is still disagreement on the impact of the corrosion resistance from passivation. This master thesis was assembled together with Tetra Pak to see the influence of passivation on stainless steels used in their processes.
The goal of this master thesis was to understand whether the passivation of the two stainless steels gave a better protection against corrosion. This was supposed to be investigated at different temperatures and concentrations of chloride ions. A large part of the project however, became finding out the right method to measure with. Because of this, the master thesis has given large insight of how a project proceeds from start to finish and has brought knowledge in problem solving and planning.
In this project, stainless steel types 304 and 316 were studied using polarization and OCP measurements. The stainless steels in half of the measurements had been passivated with citric acid. From the initial measurements it was clear that the OCP measurements required more time than the project could offer - after 12 hours it had still not reached a stable value and thus could not be used to draw any conclusions. One could nevertheless see tendencies for an increased protection by passivation in the beginning of the measurements, but after some time the values tended to reach stagnation.
The polarisation measurements gave more varying results and appeared to be more sensitive against small differences in the system. From the polarisation measurements one could see that the pitting potential (Epit) ranged from 2.37E-6 mm/year to 1.44E-4 mm/year. The corrosion rate (Crate) with the estimated compositions of the steel varied between 149mV and 1235mV. The reliability of the measurements was questioned early in the process since the results differed from what was expected. The accuracy was later seen more clearly by comparing results from the same tests with each other. Since the temperature in this project differed greatly from the temperatures that are used in Tetra Pak’s processes, one cannot advise on whether to passivate or not. However, the report can lead to knowledge of methods to measure corrosion and knowledge of how materials are affected at lower temperatures. The report also contains advice on how the research should continue.}},
author = {{Karlsson, Jeanette}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Pitting corrosion on stainless steel with or without passivation}},
year = {{2017}},
}