Corrosion rate determination of austenic steels in calcium hypochlorite solutions

This paper presents the results of testing the corrosion resistance of austenitic chromium-nickel steel X6 CrNiTi 18-10 and X6 CrNiNb 18-10 in solutions of calcium hypochlorite. For the tests were used potentiodynamic measurement methods. By graphical method of linear polarization, corrosion currents and corrosion potential were obtained on the intersection of the Tafel real E = f(log i) on the basis of potentiodynamic curves for the examined steels. The comparative method to determine the corrosion current density is the polarization resistance method. Based on corrosion currents were calculated corrosion rate of tested steel. Anodic polarization curves for both austenitic steel in the investigated solutions were shot in the interval of stationary potential of up to + 2.5V, to determine the areas of activity. Test results show that with increasing of calcium hypochlorite solution concentration, increase the pH of the solution and the concentration of active chlorine which causes a reduction in the corrosion resistance of the tested steel. These steels are resistant to corrosion in a 1% solution, stable in 10% solutions, and less resistant in 50% suspensions of calcium hypochlorite.