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INHIBITION OF CORROSION OF 304-L IN HNO{sub 3}-HF MIXTURES WITH ALUMINUM

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4805848· OSTI ID:4805848
Data are presented on the aluminum to fiuoride ratios necessary to achieve satisfactory inhibition of the corrosion of type 304-L stainless steel in HNO/sub 3/--HF mixtures. Stainless steel samples were exposed to boiling solutions containing HNO/sub 3/, HF, and Al(NO/sub 3/)a at various concentrations. The data indicate that an aluminum-to-fluoride mole ratio of 5 to 6 is sufficient to produce almost complete inhibition in O.O1 M HF solutions with HNO/sub 3/ concentrations up to 10 molar. A mole ratio of 5 to 6 also produced good inhibition in 4 M HNO/sub 3/ solutions with HF concentrations up to O.1 molar. Samples exposed in the vapor phase and at the interface of boiling solutions of aluminum-inhibited HNO/sub 3/--HF acid did not exhibit any evidence of accelerated attack. (P.C.H.)
Research Organization:
General Electric Co. Hanford Atomic Products Operation, Richland, Wash. (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
DOE Contract Number:
AT(45-1)-1350
NSA Number:
NSA-16-024120
OSTI ID:
4805848
Report Number(s):
HW-73211
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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