Atmospheric corrosion of mild steel in a desert environment

Title: Atmospheric corrosion of mild steel in a desert environment
Creator: Jeffrey, R.
Relation: Corrosion and Prevention 2018. Proceedings of Corrosion & Prevention 2018 (Adelaide, S. A. 11-14 November, 2018)
Publisher: Australasian Corrosion Association
Resource Type: conference paper
Date: 2018
Description: Atmospheric corrosion surveys have been extensively conducted and published for urbanised and rural conditions but relatively few results have been reported for moderate terms in desert environments. This paper describes results from a site in far-western Queensland for over seven years. Corrosion loss was between one and two microns / year. Unlike other more corrosive environments there was no noticeable effect of size or orientation of coupons. Of interest was the fact that akaganéite (usually associated with marine conditions) was identified albeit in very small quantities. Trace amounts of SOx, NOx and Cl were detected. Time-of wetness was recorded as 3.3%, rainfall average is 163 mm/y and exposed temperatures range from 0.9° C to 60.1° C. Results are compared with rural and severe marine environments.
Subject: corrosion; desert; steel; temperature; akaganéite
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1404312
Identifier: uon:35313
Language: eng
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