Composition of copper tarnish products formed in moist air with trace levels of pollutant gas: Hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide/hydrogen sulfide
- Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
The objective of the work here was to characterize the tarnish products formed on copper during the early stages of exposure to moist air with trace levels of pollutant gas, in particular hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide/hydrogen sulfide. As determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and coulometric reduction (chronopotentiometry), the exposure of copper to 50 ppb hydrogen sulfide at 23 C and 70% relative humidity was found to produce a tarnish layer consisting of Cu{sub 2}O and Cu{sub 2}S. Addition of 75 ppb sulfur dioxide to a 50 ppb hydrogen sulfide, moist air environment at 23 C and 70% relative humidity encouraged the growth of a thicker tarnish product layer, with proportionally more Cu{sub 2}O in the Cu{sub 2}O/Cu{sub 2}S structure.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 153701
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the Electrochemical Society Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 142; ISSN 0013-4651; ISSN JESOAN
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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