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Title: Corrosion behavior of Ni and Ni-based alloys in concentrated NaOH solutions at high temperatures

Journal Article · · J. Electrochem. Soc.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2095473· OSTI ID:6049965

Corrosion behavior of SUS 310S austenitic stainless steel, Alloy 600, Monel 400, and Ni 200 and NaOH solutions in the concentration range 30-60% at high temperatures up to 166/sup 0/C was studied. In solutions containing dissolved oxygen or under oxidizing conditions, all the specimens examined were corroded seriously due to oxygen diffusion through the porous oxide layer consisting of ..beta..-Ni(OH)/sub 2/. In hydrogen-saturated solutions, on the other hand, these Ni alloys were corrosion resistant because nickel in the alloys was active to oxidation of hydrogen. The specimens were corroded by deaerated solution at high temperatures in which hydrogen evolution took place as the counterreaction. The corrosion rate controlled by the hydrogen formation reaction increased exponentially with the decrease of the Ni content in the alloy.

Research Organization:
Dept. of Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya (JP)
OSTI ID:
6049965
Journal Information:
J. Electrochem. Soc.; (United States), Vol. 135:12
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English