Corrosion of materials in absorption heating and refrigeration fluids
The corrosion of metals and alloys in absorption refrigeration fluids has received little attention except for the behavior of steel and copper alloys in aqueous lithium bromide solutions. This report presents results of short-term corrosion tests on several materials in lithium bromide solutions as well as in other fluids of potential interest in advanced absorption machines. All materials tested had extremely high resistance to organic fluids, but in the aqueous systems some of the materials underwent localized attack. Type 304 stainless steel had acceptable corrosion resistance in most environments, but it underwent stress corrosion cracking in oxygen- or chromate-containing lithium bromide and even in the unstressed condition was subject to intergranular attack in hot concentrated caustic solutions. 10 refs., 2 figs., 4 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 5415292
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM-9646; ON: DE85018140
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
AMMONIA
CORROSIVE EFFECTS
CARBON STEELS
CORROSION
CHROMATES
COPPER BASE ALLOYS
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
LITHIUM BROMIDES
MONEL 400
NICKEL
NICKEL ALLOYS
SODIUM HYDROXIDES
STAINLESS STEEL-304
STAINLESS STEELS
ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION CYCLE
AMINES
CORROSION RESISTANCE
CRACKS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
STAINLESS STEEL-316
STRESS CORROSION
WORKING FLUIDS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALLOYS
BROMIDES
BROMINE COMPOUNDS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS
CHROMIUM STEELS
CHROMIUM-NICKEL STEELS
COPPER ALLOYS
CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS
DATA
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HEAT RESISTANT MATERIALS
HEAT RESISTING ALLOYS
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXIDES
INFORMATION
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM HALIDES
MANGANESE ALLOYS
MATERIALS
METALS
MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS
NICKEL BASE ALLOYS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
STEELS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
360105* - Metals & Alloys- Corrosion & Erosion
320101 - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Residential Buildings- (-1987)