Rate controlling reactions for copper corrosion in anaerobic aqueous sulphide solutions

Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-141

  Chen, J ^a   Qin, Z ^a   Shoesmith, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copper; Corrosion; Film; Nuclear waste disposal; Sulphide

Indexed keywords

BULK SOLUTIONS; CONCENTRATED SOLUTION; COPPER SURFACE; CORRODED SURFACE; CORROSION POTENTIALS; CRYSTALLINE GRAINS; DILUTE SOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; ION TRANSPORTS; NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES; PARABOLIC GROWTH; RATE CONTROLS; RATE-CONTROLLING; S-MATRIX; SULPHIDE; WASTE CONTAINERS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COPPER; COPPER CORROSION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GROWTH KINETICS; IONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

SOLUTION MINING;

EID: 79955669778     PISSN: 1478422X     EISSN: 17432782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743278210Y.0000000007     Document Type: Article

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