Effects of Chloride, Bromide, and Thiosulfate Ions on the Critical Conditions for Crevice Corrosion of Several Stainless Alloys as a Material for Geological Disposal Packages for Nuclear Waste

1992 ◽  
Vol 294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guen Nakayama ◽  
Hisao Wakamatsu ◽  
Masatsune Akashi
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Crevice Corrosion ◽  
304 Stainless Steel ◽  
Critical Conditions ◽  
Geological Disposal ◽  
Steel Type ◽  
316 Stainless Steel ◽  
Type 304 ◽  
Type 304 Stainless Steel

ABSTRACTIn addition to mild steel, several stainless alloys are being proposed as materials for packages for geological disposal of high-level nuclear waste. When buried deep underground, the greatest detriment to the integrity of packages made of these alloys is localized corrosion, for which critical conditions for initiation of crevice corrosion in chloride environments, with or without other ions, need be precisely known.Crevice corrosion behavior of Type 304 stainless steel, Type 316 stainless steel, Alloy 825, Ti-Gr.1, and Ti-Gr.12 in solutions containing ions of chloride, bromide (these two for their ordinary presence in natural waters), or thiosulphate (this for the likelihood of microbially influenced corrosion) to varying concentrations have been empirically examined. All of these alloys exhibit much the same concentration dependency of crevice corrosion sensitivity for chloride and bromide ions, while Type 304 stainless steel is particularly sensitive to the thiosulphate ion. The region of insensitivity for chloride ion is wider in the increasing order of Type 304 stainless steel, Type 316 stainless steel, Ti-Gr. 1, and Ti-Gr. 12, with that of Alloy 825 lying somewhere in between.

Susceptibility of 304 Stainless Steel to Crevice Corrosion in Electrochemically Active Fluids

CORROSION ◽  
10.5006/3324 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 424-435
Author(s):  
Abinaya Kamaraj ◽  
Johann Wilhelm Erning
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Crevice Corrosion ◽  
Chloride Concentration ◽  
304 Stainless Steel ◽  
Water Composition ◽  
Polyether Ether Ketone ◽  
Electrochemically Active ◽  
Ether Ketone ◽  
Type 304 ◽  
Type 304 Stainless Steel

The susceptibility of Type 304 stainless steel (SS) to crevice corrosion upon contacting with electrochemically active fluids was investigated using exposure tests and stepwise potentiostatic polarization. Crevice materials made of 304 SS and polyether ether ketone (PEEK) were focused on in this study. The combined influence of oxidant and chloride concentration on crevice corrosion was examined in detail in the two types of crevice combinations (304 SS-to-PEEK and 304 SS-to-304 SS). The 304 SS specimens were strongly susceptible to crevice corrosion when coupled with 304 SS. Even at a low concentration of 5 mg/L free chlorine and 150 mg/L chloride, which is below nominal dilutions in beverage industries, the examined specimens underwent crevice corrosion in both crevices. The effect of water composition on crevice corrosion was also studied, indicating high susceptibility of 304 SS to crevice corrosion in low pH (pH ≤ 5) solutions. The corroded surface morphology was analyzed using scanning electron microscope, energy dispersive x-ray, and confocal microscope.

Assessment of Tensile and Creep Data for Types 304 and 316 Stainless Steel

1977 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 298-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. K. Sikka ◽  
M. K. Booker
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Stainless Steels ◽  
Rupture Strength ◽  
304 Stainless Steel ◽  
Creep Properties ◽  
316 Stainless Steel ◽  
States Data ◽  
Type 304 ◽  
Type 304 Stainless Steel

An evaluation is presented for variations in tensile and creep properties of types 304 and 316 stainless steels. United States data and data from two foreign countries, Japan (NRIM data) and Britain (BSCC data), were evaluated for different products separately and for the combined data on all products. United States data were shown to contain the largest variations in both tensile and creep properties, with Japanese data the least. For a given country no distinction could be made in variations in tensile properties of types 304 and 316 stainless steels but variations in standard error of estimate (SEE) for all creep properties analyzed were significantly lower for type 316 stainless steel than corresponding variations in creep properties of type 304 stainless steel. The data from each of these countries showed the same creep rupture strength (at 104 hr) for type 316 stainless steel; this was not true for type 304 stainless steel. Results of the analysis performed in this paper showed that the U. S. and foreign data on types 304 and 316 stainless steels could possibly be combined for the determination of design stress intensity limits.

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