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Effect of sulfide on de-passivation and re-passivation of copper in borate buffer solution

  • Martin Bojinov*
  • , Tiina Ikäläinen
  • , Zaiqing Que
  • , Timo Saario
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy

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Abstract

The interaction of copper with sulfide-containing borate buffer solution either via direct immersion or by de-passivation following oxide film formation, is studied by electrochemical techniques (voltammetry, current-time transients and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, EIS) complemented with surface and cross-sectional microscopic observations and energy dispersive spectroscopic analyses. Both experimental findings and quantitative interpretation of EIS data using newly developed and previously published kinetic models indicate that no continuous adherent barrier-type layer is formed on Cu in sulfide solutions, thus precluding the possibility of the development of localized corrosion modes.

Original languageEnglish
Article number111201
Number of pages13
JournalCorrosion Science
Volume218
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2023
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

The financial support of this work by the 129074/SUCCESS project within the frames of the Finnish Research Program on Nuclear Waste Management ( KYT 2022 ) is gratefully acknowledged.

Keywords

  • Copper
  • Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
  • Kinetic model
  • Re-passivation
  • Sulfide solution

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