An EIS study of the corrosive behavior of propellant hydrazine
- NASA Johnson Space Center, Las Cruces, NM (United States). White Sands Test Facility
Corrosion behavior of iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co) and titanium (Ti) alloys in hydrazine (N{sub 2}H{sub 4}) and CO{sub 2}-contaminated N{sub 2}H{sub 4} were studied using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS). The corrosion rate of Fe and Ti alloys increased in hydrazine and CO{sub 2}-contaminated hydrazine as a function of time and CO{sub 2} concentration; however, the corrosion rate of Ni and Co alloy decreased as a function of time in contaminated hydrazine. The corrosion rate of Ni and Co alloys were significantly higher when compared with corrosion rates of Fe and Ti alloys in CO{sub 2}-contaminated hydrazine. The effects of CO{sub 2} concentration on corrosion rate has been explained in terms of alloy composition and the role of CO{sub 2} in forming carbazic acid and its metal complexes. The polarization values obtained from EIS studies were used to calculate the exchange current density and decomposition rate of hydrazine.
- OSTI ID:
- 382579
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960389-; TRN: IM9645%%130
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) annual corrosion conference and exposition: water and waste water industries, Denver, CO (United States), 24-29 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Corrosion/96 conference papers; PB: [6615] p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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