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Calculation of Corrosion Rate

The document discusses how to calculate corrosion rate from corrosion current measurements. It explains that corrosion current relates to mass loss via Faraday's law. By determining equivalent weight and accounting for density and sample area, the corrosion current can be converted to a corrosion rate in useful units like mm/year. The corrosion rate equation uses a constant K that defines the units, and examples of K values are given for common corrosion rate units.

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Calculation of Corrosion Rate

The document discusses how to calculate corrosion rate from corrosion current measurements. It explains that corrosion current relates to mass loss via Faraday's law. By determining equivalent weight and accounting for density and sample area, the corrosion current can be converted to a corrosion rate in useful units like mm/year. The corrosion rate equation uses a constant K that defines the units, and examples of K values are given for common corrosion rate units.

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Calculation of Corrosion Rate

The numerical result obtained by fitting corrosion data to a model is generally a corrosion
current. More practical, however, is to think about corrosion rates in more useful terms, such as
a corrosion rate in millimeters per year. How is corrosion current used to generate a corrosion
rate?

Assume an electrolytic dissolution reaction involving a chemical species, S:

S → Sn+ + ne–

You can relate current flow to mass via Faraday's Law.

QS = n F MS

where

QS is the charge in coulombs resulting from the reaction of species S,

n is the number of electrons transferred per molecule or atom of S,

F is Faraday's constant = 96 485.34 coulombs/mole,

MS is the number of moles of species S reacting.

A more useful form of Faraday’s Law requires the idea of equivalent weight. The equivalent
weight (EWS) is the mass of species S that will react with one faraday of charge. For an atomic
species, EW = AW/n (where AW is the atomic weight of the species). For a complex alloy that
undergoes uniform dissolution, the equivalent weight is a weighted average of the equivalent
weights of the alloy components. Mole fraction, not mass fraction, is used as the weighting
factor. If the dissolution is not uniform, you may have to measure the corrosion products to
calculate EW.

Substituting into Faraday’s Law we get:

WS = EWS QS / F

where

WS is the mass of species S that has reacted.

In cases where the corrosion occurs uniformly across a metal's surface, you can calculate the
corrosion rate in units of distance per year. Be careful: this calculation underestimates the
problem when localized corrosion occurs!

Conversion from a weight loss to a corrosion rate (CR) is straightforward. We need to know the
density, d, and the sample area, A. Charge is given by Q = I t, where t is the time in seconds
and I is a current. We can substitute in the value of Faraday's constant. Modifying the previous
equation,

CR = Icorr K EW / d A

CR The corrosion rate. Its units are given by the choice of K


Icorr The corrosion current in amperes.
K A constant that defines the units for the corrosion rate.
EW The equivalent weight in grams/equivalent
d Density in grams/cm³
A Area of the sample in cm²

The following table shows the value of K used in the corrosion rate equation for corrosion rates
in the units of your choice.

Corrosion Rate Constants

Units for Corrosion Rate K Units


mm/year 3272 mm/(A cm year)
µm/year 3.272 ×106 µm/(A cm year)
5
mils/year (Gamry default) 1.288 × 10 mils/(A cm year)

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