気液交番環境の炭素鋼の腐食速度に及ぼす酸素濃度の影響

Effect of oxygen concentration on corrosion rate of carbon steel in air/solution alternating condition

大谷 恭平   ; 上野 文義  ; 加藤 千明   

Otani, Kyohei; Ueno, Fumiyoshi; Kato, Chiaki

本研究では、福島第一原子力発電所のPCV内部において確認されている気液交番環境における炭素鋼の腐食速度に及ぼす気中酸素濃度の影響を低酸素濃度の範囲で調査した。調査結果より、腐食速度は気中酸素濃度が増大するに伴って増加するが腐食速度の勾配は徐々に減少すること、最大侵食深さは気中酸素濃度が1%の場合を除いて気中酸素濃度が増加するに伴って増大するが気中酸素濃度が1%の最大侵食深さは5%の場合よりも大きいことを見出した。

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of oxygen concentration in the air on the corrosion rate of carbon steel in an air/solution alternating environment in the low oxygen concentration range and to clarify the corrosion rate and corrosion mechanism of carbon steel depending on the oxygen concentration in air by the mass change of specimens before and after the corrosion test and observing the iron rust layer formed on the surface of carbon steel. The corrosion rate increases with increasing oxygen concentration in the air, and the gradient of the corrosion rate decreases gradually. The maximum erosion depth increased with increasing oxygen concentration except for the case of 1% oxygen concentration, however, the maximum erosion depth for 1% oxygen concentration was larger than that for 5% air oxygen concentration.