Understanding the effect of Li and flow velocity on corrosion deposition at 230 °C hydrogenated water
Stefano Cassineri, Andrea Cioncolini, M. Curioni, J. R. Morrison, Andrew Banks, Nicholas Stevens, Fabio Scenini
Abstract
The effect of flow velocity, pH and lithium concentration on corrosion product deposition in accelerated flow regions was investigated in simulated nuclear reactor primary water using discs containing micro-orifices. The results also showed that a well adhered crystalline deposit formed between 2 and 2.5 ppm lithium, where the zeta potential of stainless-steel specimens is negative and the electrokinetic effects are expected to dominate. Conversely, a loosely adherent deposit driven by the deposition of particulates was formed for lower lithium concentrations.
Topics & Concepts
Deposition (geology)CorrosionLithium (medication)Electrokinetic phenomenaMaterials scienceZeta potentialFlow velocityChemical engineeringFlow (mathematics)MetallurgyNanotechnologyGeologyEndocrinologyNanoparticleEngineeringMathematicsSedimentMedicineGeometryPaleontologyElectrostatics and Colloid InteractionsNon-Destructive Testing TechniquesNanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies