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Interpretation of Bronze Disease and Related Copper Corrosion Mechanisms in Terms of Log-Activity Diagrams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Michael B. McNeil
Affiliation:
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555
D. W. Mohr
Affiliation:
Naval Coastal Systems Center, Panama City, Florida 32407-5000
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Abstract

Thermochemical data are used to construct a modified log-activity diagram for the system Cu-H-O-Cl-(C02) at standard temperature and pressure(STP). In these diagrams, coordinate axes represent activities of aqueous copper species and chloride ions other thermodynamic variables are collapsed onto the diagram. Modified log-activity diagrams are used as a supplement to study Pourbaix diagrams for the equilibria relevant to bronze disease and copper pitting and to show the relation between them.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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