Kinetic Investigation of the Corrosion Process by Means of the b Rays Absorption
This paper deals with an approach of the investigation of the corrosion reactions, which is based on the absorption of b rays emitted by Tl-204 radionuclide by the iron ions, which pass into the aggressive solution through anodic dissolution of a metal sample. There can be noticed a decreassing of the activity b rays, reduction which is measured while the concentration of the iron ions in the corrosive solution increases. Out of the experimental data, there can be calculated the constant of the global corrosion rate, which accurately characterizes the development of this complex process. There was experimentally investigated the corrosion of three types of steel: H-12, MoCN-15 and W-85 in aggressive media of HCl and NaCl solutions.The values of the global rate constants vary depending on the steel composition and the corrosion medium.