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Effects of Anionic Species on the Polarization Behavior of Copper for Waste Package Material in Artificial Ground Water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Hachiro Imai ,
Takanori Fukuda  and
Masatsune Akashi
Hachiro Imai
Affiliation:
Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JAPAN
Takanori Fukuda
Affiliation:
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN
Masatsune Akashi
Affiliation:
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN
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Abstract

The effects of HCO3, Cl, and SO42- on copper as a candidate material for overpacking for geological disposal of high level radioactive wastes are studied at 303 K in dissolved oxygen(DO)- controlled, ground-water simulating aqueous solutions by using a cyclic polarization curve method.

Two types of polarization curve were determined: Type A in which free corrosion proceeds in the active dissolution mode, and Type P in which passivation takes place in a potential domain characterized by a potential that corresponds to Eb, the potential at which the passivated film is broken. Polarization dependence on DO was also determined: when only HCO3 is present, a Type A curve results for DO < 0.5 ppm when HCO3 = 10 – 300 ppm, transiting to a Type P curve when HCO3 > 3,000 ppm; when DO < 15ppm, however, a Type P results for HCO3 ≤ 10 ppm; when either Cl− or SO42- coexists with HCO3, HCO3 promotes passivation while Cl- and SO42- promote active dissolution, the influence of Cl− being greater than that of HO42- if HCO3 content is constant. The presence of either CI or SO42 over 100 ppm makes the curve Type A irrespective of DO, both species shifting Eb toward the less noble direction.

The constant potential test shows that the passivated film of copper is easily broken if Cl− is present.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 412: Symposium V – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XIX , 1995 , 589
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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