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Electrochemical Aqueous Corrosion

The document discusses the electrochemical nature of aqueous corrosion of metals. It explains that corrosion is an electrochemical process involving the transfer of electrons from the metal atom to another species during oxidation. Common corrosion reactions involve a metal like iron or aluminum undergoing oxidation to form positively charged ions that release electrons. These electrons must then be transferred in a reduction reaction, such as hydrogen ions being reduced to hydrogen gas. The location of oxidation is called the anode and of reduction the cathode. Examples are given of the corrosion of iron in aerated water involving oxygen reduction or in de-aerated water involving hydrogen ion reduction.

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Electrochemical Aqueous Corrosion

The document discusses the electrochemical nature of aqueous corrosion of metals. It explains that corrosion is an electrochemical process involving the transfer of electrons from the metal atom to another species during oxidation. Common corrosion reactions involve a metal like iron or aluminum undergoing oxidation to form positively charged ions that release electrons. These electrons must then be transferred in a reduction reaction, such as hydrogen ions being reduced to hydrogen gas. The location of oxidation is called the anode and of reduction the cathode. Examples are given of the corrosion of iron in aerated water involving oxygen reduction or in de-aerated water involving hydrogen ion reduction.

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ELECTROCHEMICAL
NATURE OF AQUEOUS
CORROSION

2 John Fritz S. Amonelo


4EE-B
●For metallic materials, the corrosion process is normally
electrochemical, i.e., a chemical reaction in which there is
transfer of electrons from one chemical species to another.
●Aqueous corrosion is an electrochemical reaction of
materials due to a wet environment, resulting in the
deterioration of the material and its vital properties.
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The hypothetical metal M that has a valence number of n (or
n valence electrons) may experience oxidation according
to the reaction:

M → Mn+ + ne-

in which M becomes an "n+" positively charged ion and in


the process losses its "n" valence electrons (e-); is used to
symbolize an electron.
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Other examples in which oxidation are:

Fe → Fe2+ + 2e-
Al → Al3+ + 3e-

The site at which oxidation takes place is called the anode;


oxidation is sometimes called an anodic reaction.
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The electrons generated from each metal atom that is
oxidized must be transferred to and become a part of
another chemical species in what is termed a
reduction reaction.

Or a metal may be totally reduced from an ionic to a


neutral metallic state according to:

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Nn+ + ne- → N
For example, some metals undergo corrosion which
have a high concentration of hydrogen (H) ions; the
H ions are reduced as follows:

2H+ + 2e- → H2

The location at which reduction occurs is called the


cathode.
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Corrosion or anodic reaction of metals:

M → Mn+ + ne- (general corrosion reaction of


a metal)
Fe → Fe2+ + 2e- (iron corrosion)
Al → Al+3 + 3e- (aluminum corrosion)
Cu → Cu+2 + 2e- copper corrosion
Common cathodic reactions:

near the surface of seawater:


O2 + H2O + 4e- → 4OH-
in de-aerated water:
2H2O + 2e- → H2 + 2OH-
in aerated acids:
O2 + 4H+ + 4e+ → 4H2O-
in general:
N+n + ne- → N
Corrosion of Fe in water:

In aerated water (oxygen is dissolved):

The nail in the aerated tube


-Anodic Reaction:
Fe → Fe+2 + 2e-
-Cathodic reaction (water with dissolved O2):
O2 + H2O + 4e- → 4OH-
-Overall:
2Fe + O2 + H2O → 2Fe(OH)2
In de-aerated water (oxygen is removed): +

• The nail in the de-aerated tube


-Anodic Reaction:
Fe → Fe+2 + 2e-
-Cathodic reaction (water without dissolved O2):
2H2O + 2e- → H2 + 2OH-
-Overall:
Fe + 2H2O → 2Fe(OH)2 + H2
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