Carbonyl sulfide: potential agent of atmospheric sulfur corrosion

Journal Article · Fri May 08 04:00:00 EDT 1981 · Science; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.212.4495.663· OSTI ID:6504532

Graedel, T E; Kammlott, G W; Franey, J P

Laboratory exposure experiments demonstrate that carbonyl sulfide in wet air corrodes copper at 22/sup 0/C at a rate that is approximately linear with total exposure (the product of exposure time and carbonyl sulfide concentration). The corrosion rate is similar to that of hydrogen sulfide, a widely recognized corrodant. The much greater average atmospheric abundance of carbonyl sulfide compared with that of hydrogen sulfide or sulfur dioxide suggests that carbonyl sulfide may be a major agent of atmospheric sulfur corrosion.

• Research Organization: Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ
• OSTI ID: 6504532
• Journal Information: Science; (United States), Journal Name: Science; (United States) Vol. 212; ISSN SCIEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXYSULFIDE
CARBON SULFIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COPPER
CORRELATIONS
CORROSION
CORROSIVE EFFECTS
ELEMENTS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN SULFIDES
METALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
QUANTITY RATIO
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS