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Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly
The Canadian Journal of Metallurgy and Materials Science
Volume 36, 1997 - Issue 2
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Physical Metallurgy and Materials

Crevice Attack of a Boiler Steam Drum

Pages 143-148 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013
 

Abstract

The mechanism of corrosive degradation of the interior of a boiler steam drum was investigated. This involved analysis of the feedwater and boilerwater, phase and elemental analysis of the corrosion products, and microstructural observation after preparing replicas of the attacked regions. The operation of crevice attack was identified as the most detrimental mode of corrosion in the present case. The accelerating influence of chlorine on such deterioration is discussed. The chronological deposition of the corrosion products are explained by the mechanism of attack. The presence of various transition compounds in the corrosion product are due to the sequence of chemical events during crevice attack. © 1997 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd

Résumé

On a étudié le mécanisme de dégradation par corrosion de l'interieur d'un ballon de chaudière à vapeur. Ceci a consisté en analyse de l'eau d'alimentation et de l'eau de la chaudière, en analyse de phase et analyse élémentaire des produits de corrosion et en observation de la microstructure après préparathion de répliques des régions attaquées. Dans le cas présent, on a identifié l'attaque par fissure comme étant le mode de corrosion le plus nuisible. On discute de l'influence accélératrice du chlore sur une telle détérioration. Le dépôt chronologique des produits de corrosion est expliqué par le mécanisme d'attaque. La présence de divers composés de transition dans la produit de corrosion est due à la séquence des événements chimiques lors l'attaque par fissure.

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