High temperature corrosion behavior of commercial high temperature alloys under deposits of alkali salts
- Krupp VDM GmbH, Werdohl (Germany)
Corrosive deposits containing high amounts of alkali sulphates, chlorides and/or carbonates are encountered by heat exchanger tubes in a variety of industrial processes. Due to their low melting point the alkali salts can cause basic or acidic dissolution of the subjacent material, which results in rapid wastage of the tube. In order to select appropriate materials for application in heat recovery systems eight commercial high temperature materials (alloy 800H, Alloy 31, Alloy AC66, alloy 45-TM, Alloy 625, Alloy 59 and Alloy C-4) were investigated in sulphate, sulphate/chloride and sulphate/chloride/carbonate salt mixtures. The temperature range was between 550 and 750 C. In agreement with field tests the corrosion attack was high for most of the alloys tested with the corrosion rate depending sensitively on salt composition, test temperature and alloy composition. High molybdenum contents were found to be detrimental. Chromium did not effect the corrosion behavior significantly, whereas silicon had a beneficial effect on the corrosion resistance in molten alkali salts.
- OSTI ID:
- 233938
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950908-; ISBN 0-87170-539-7; TRN: IM9624%%56
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2. international conference on heat resistant materials, Gatlinburg, TN (United States), 11-14 Sep 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Heat-resistant materials 2. Conference proceedings of the 2. international conference on heat-resistant materials; Natesan, K. [ed.] [Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)]; Ganesan, P. [ed.] [INCO Alloys International, Inc., Huntington, WV (United States)]; Lai, G.Y. [ed.] [Haynes International, Inc., Kokomo, IN (United States)]; PB: 687 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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HEAT RESISTING ALLOYS
CORROSION
BOILERS
MATERIALS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
SODIUM SULFATES
POTASSIUM CHLORIDES
SODIUM SULFIDES
SODIUM CARBONATES
SODIUM CHLORIDES
OPTICAL MICROSCOPY
WEIGHT MEASUREMENT
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
CONCENTRATION RATIO
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