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Co rrosion Scien ce, Vo l. 28, No. 6, pp. 603-6 20, 1988 0010--938X/88 $3.(~1+ 0.00
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A M A T H E M A T I C A L M O D E L O F C R E V I C E A N D P I T T I N G
C O R R O S I O N I . T H E P H Y S I C A L M O D E L
S. M . SHARLANDan d P. W . TASKER
T h e o r e t i c a l P h y s i c s D i v i s i o n , H a r w e l l L a b o r a t o r y , O x f o r d s h i r e O X 1 1 0 R A , U . K .
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c o r r o s i o n i n m e t a l s i s d e s c r i b e d . T h e m o d e l p r e d i c t s t h e s t e a d y - s t a t e s o l u t i o n c h e m i s t r y a n d e l e c t r o d e
k i n e t i c s ( a n d h e n c e m e t a l p e n e t r a t i o n r a t e s ) w i t h i n a n a c ti v e c o r ro s i o n c a v i t y a s a f u n c t i o n o f t h e m a n y
p a r a m e t e r s o n w h i c h t h e s e d e p e n d , s u c h a s e x t e r n a l e l e c t r o d e p o t e n t i a l a n d c r e v i c e d i m e n s i o n s . T h e
c r ev i ce i s m o d e l l ed a s a p a r a l l e l - s i d ed s l o t f i l l ed w i t h a d i l u t e s o d i u m ch l o r i d e s o l u t i o n . T h e cav i t y
p r o p a g a t i o n r a t e s a r e f o u n d t o b e f a s t e r i n t h e c a s e o f a c r e v i c e w i t h p a s s iv e w a l ls t h a n o n e w i t h a c t iv e w a ll s.
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t h i s m o d e l , g i v in g a n i n d i c a t i o n o f t h e f u t u r e s h a p e o f t h e c a v i ty . T h e m o d e l i s e x t e n d e d t o i n c l u d e a s ol i d
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p h y s i c a l e n v i r o n m e n t w i t h i n t h e c r e v i c e o n t h e p r e d i c t e d c o r r o s i o n r a t e s . I n t h is p a p e r , t h e m o d e l i s
a p p l i e d t o c r e v i c e a n d p i t t i n g c o r r o s i o n i n c a r b o n s t e e l .
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A P A S S I V E m e t a l s u r f a c e e x p o s e d t o a c o r r o s i v e e n v i r o n m e n t m a y e x p e r i e n c e a t t a c k
a t s e v e r a l i s o l a t e d s i te s . I f t h e t o t a l a r e a o f t h e s e s i t e s i s s m a l l c o m p a r e d w i t h t h e
w h o l e s u r f a c e a r e a , t h e n t h e m e t a l i s s a i d t o b e e x p e r i e n c i n g l o c a l i z e d c o r r o s i o n . T h e
r a t e o f m e t a l d i s s o l u t i o n i n t h i s s i t u a t i o n i s o f t e n m u c h g r e a t e r t h a n t h a t a s s o c i a t e d
w i t h u n i f o r m c o r r o s i o n a n d s t r u c t u r a l f a i l u r e m a y o c c u r i n a v e r y s h o r t p e r i o d .
S e v e r a l d i f f e r e n t m o d e s o f l o c a l i z e d c o r r o s i o n m a y b e i d e n t i f i e d a n d a r e d e p e n d e n t
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o n t h e t y p e o f m e t a l u n d e r g o i n g c o r r o s i o n a n d i ts p h y s ic a l a n d c h e m i c a l e n v i r o n m e n t
a t t h e t i m e o f a t t a c k . O n e o f t h e m o s t f a m i l i a r is p i t ti n g c o r r o s i o n w h i c h is
c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y t h e p r e s e n c e o f a n u m b e r o f sm a l l, r o u g h l y h e m i s p h e r i c a l c a vi ti e s
o n t h e e x p o s e d s u r f a c e . T h e g e o m e t r i e s o f t h e s e p it s d e p e n d o n m a n y f a c t o r s s u c h as
t h e m e t a l c o m p o s i t i o n a n d t h e s u r f a c e o r i e n t a t i o n . A s im i l a r m o d e o f c o r r o s i o n is
c r e v ic e a t t a c k w h i c h o c c u r s w h e r e t h e r e a r e t w o o r m o r e s u r fa c e s i n c l os e p r o x i m i t y ,
l e a d in g t o t h e c r e a t i o n o f a l oc a l ly o c c l u d e d r e g i o n w h e r e e n h a n c e d d i s so l u ti o n m a y
o c c u r . T h e r e a r e m a n y m e c h a n i s t i c s i m i l a r i t i e s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e g r o w t h o f
e s t a b l i s h e d p i t s a n d c r e v i c e s . O t h e r t y p e s o f l o c a l iz e d c o r r o s i o n i n c l u d e s t r e s s - c o r r o -
s io n c r a c k i n g , c o r r o s i o n f a t i g u e c r a c k i n g a n d i n t e r g r a n u l a r a t t a c k b u t t h e s e w i ll n o t
b e c o n s i d e r e d h e r e .
T h e r a p i d i t y w i t h w h i c h l o c a l i z e d c o r r o s i o n c a n l e a d t o t h e f a i l u r e o f a m e t a l
s t r u c t u r e h a s l e d to a g r e a t d e al o f s t u d y o f th is p h e n o m e n o n . T h e r e a r e m a n y
d i ff ic u lt ie s a s s o c i a te d w i t h t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l m e a s u r e m e n t o f t h e e l e c t r o c h e m i c a l
c o n d i t io n s w i t h in c a v i ti e s a n d a s a r e su l t a n u m b e r o f m a t h e m a t i c a l m o d e l s h a v e b e e n
d e v e l o p e d . T h e a i m o f th is p a p e r i s t o p r e s e n t a m o d e l o f th e p r o p a g a t i o n o f a n a c t iv e
c o r r o s i o n c r e v i c e o r p i t w h i c h i s e n t i r e l y p r e d i c t i v e a n d s e l f - c o n s i s te n t , u s i n g a s e r ie s
o f ph y s ic a l ly b a s e d a p p r o x i m a t i o n s a n d a s s u m p t io n s . T h e m o d e l p r e d i c ts t h e s t e a dy -
s t a te s o l u ti o n c h e m i s t r y a n d e l e c t r o c h e m i s t r y ( a n d h e n c e m e t a l p e n e t r a t i o n r a t e s )
w i t h in t h e r e s t r i c t e d g e o m e t r i e s o f th e c a v it ie s . T h e i n p u t p a r a m e t e r s o f t h e m o d e l
d e s c r i b e t h e p h y si c a l a n d c h e m i c a l e n v i r o n m e n t o f t h e c r e v i c e , e . g . m e t a l p o t e n t i a l ,
p H o f th e e l e c t r o l y t e e t c. T h e m o d e l a ls o us e s e m p i r i c a ll y d e t e r m i n e d e l e c t r o d e
r e a c t i o n r a t e s . I t is d e v e l o p e d i n a n u m b e r o f d is t i n c t s t a g e s , e a c h c o n s i d e r i n g a n
a d d i t io n a l p h y s ic a l p r o c e s s o r c h e m i c a l e q u il i b r iu m r e a c t i o n . T h e r e l a t e d m a t h e m a t -
i ca l a d d i t i o n s , j u s t if i c a t io n o f a p p r o x i m a t i o n s a n d m e t h o d s o f s o l u t i o n a t e a c h s t a g e
a r e d e s c r i b e d f u l l y i n a n a c c o m p a n y i n g p a p e r . I t i s n o t i n t e n d e d t o p r e s e n t a d e t a i l e d
c o m p a r i s o n o f t h e p r e d i c t i o n s o f t h e m o d e l w i th e x p e r i m e n t a l r e s u lt s in t hi s p a p e r ,
b u t m o r e g e n e r a l a s s e s s m e n t s o f th e a c c u r a c y o f t h e m o d e l w i ll be m a d e b y
c o n s i d e r i n g t he o r d e r o f m a g n i t u d e s o f t h e p r e d i c t e d c a v it y p r o p a g a t i o n r a t e s a n d
q u a l i t a t i v e v a r i a t i o n in t h e s e w i t h t h e p a r a m e t e r s o f t h e s y s t e m . I n t h is w a y , t h e
i m p o r t a n c e o f s o m e o f t h e a p p r o x i m a t i o n s a n d e m p i r ic a l i n p ut d a t a t o t h e p re d i c t i o n s
o f t h e m o d e l m a y b e d e t e r m i n e d . A m o r e d e t a i l e d m o d e l v a li d a t io n w ill b e c a r r ie d
o u t a t a l a t e r s t a g e . I n t hi s p a p e r , i n p u t d a t a a p p r o p r i a t e t o th e c o r r o s i o n o f c a r b o n
s t e e l a r e u s e d , a l t h o u g h t h e m o d e l m a y b e a p p l i e d t o a w i d e r a n g e o f m e t a l s . ( I t h a s
b e e n s h o w n e x p e r i m e n t a l l y t h a t c a r b o n s t e e l w i ll p a s s i v a t e ( a n d b e s u s c e p t i b l e t o
p i t ti n g o r c r e v i c e c o r r o s i o n ) i n a w i d e r a n g e o f s o l u t io n s c o n t a i n i n g c h l o r i d e i o ns ~ ).
I n t h e f ir st s e c t io n , t h e m a t h e m a t i c a l d e s c r i p t i o n o f a n a c t i v e c r e v i c e o r p it is
d i sc u s se d . T h e s e m e t h o d s w ill b e c o m p a r e d w i th s e v e r a l m o d e l s o f th e s o l u t io n
c h e m i s t r y a n d e l e c t r o c h e m i s t r y w i t h in c o r r o d i n g c a v i ti e s fr o m t h e l i t e r a t u re . I n t h e
f o l l o w i n g s e c t i o n , d e t a il s o f a s im p l e m o d e l o f a c r e v i c e w h i c h i s c o r r o d i n g o n l y a t t h e
b a s e a n d i n c l u d e s o n l y o n e h y d r o l y s i s r e a c t i o n a r e o u t l i n e d . T h e w a l ls o f t h is c a v i ty
a r e a s s u m e d p a s s i v e , a l l o w i n g a s i m p l if i ed d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e i o n i c m i g r a t i o n p r o c e s -
s e s w i t h i n t h e c a v i t y . T h i s m o d e l is t h e n e x t e n d e d t o a m o r e r e a l is t ic d e s c r i p t i o n o f a n
e s t a b l i s h e d l o c a l i z e d c o r r o s i o n s i te a n d i t is a s s u m e d t h a t c o r r o s i o n o c c u r s o n t h e
c r e v i c e w a l l s a l s o . T h e p r e d i c t i o n s f r o m b o t h m o d e l s a r e t h e n d i s c u s s e d a n d
c o m p a r e d . I n p a r t i c u l a r , t h e d i s t r i b u t io n o f c u r r e n t o n t h e w a ll s is c o n s i d e r e d a n d t h e
e f f e c t o f p a s s i v a t i o n o n p a r t s o f t h e w a l ls , g i v in g a n i n d i c a t i o n o f t h e f u t u r e s h a p e o f
t h e c a v i t y .
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Precipitation of solid hydroxide is monitored in both these models by checking
the concentrations for appropriate excesses above the solubility limit of the solid. In
the next section, the active and passive wall models are extended to include the
precipitation reaction directly. The kinetics of the precipitation are assumed to be
rapid compared with the migration processes and the ionic concentrations are
constrained by the equilibria relation for the precipitation reaction. The results are
compared with those from a crevice with no solid present. The sensitivity of the
predictions to the diffusion coefficient in the crevice (reduced by the presence of the
solid corrosion product) is tested. In the final section, limitations of the models and
possible extensions to improve agreement with experiment are discussed.
M A T H E M A T I C A L D E S C R I P T I O N O F C R E V I C E A N D P I T P R O P A G A T I O N
The chemical environment within a localized corrosion cavity is often very
different from that outside. The common aim of the mathematical models that are
described here is the prediction of the solution chemistry and electrochemistry within
the restricted geometries of the cavities as a function of the many physical and
chemical parameters of the system, such as crevice dimensions and bulk solution
composition. Such information yields metal penet ration rates. A full description of
the problem should include an account of the complex solution chemistry within the
crevice, the electrochemical reaction rates and their dependence on parameters such
as electrostatic potential and solution pH, the migration of ions under both concen-
tration and potential gradients, the advection of ions in flowing electrolytes, the
effect of the changing shape and dimensions of the crevice as propagation proceeds
and the effect of the blocking of the crevice with solid corrosion product. These
processes are schematical ly illustrated in Fig. 1.
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T h e m a t h e m a t i c a l m o d e l o f c av i ty p r o p a g a t i o n is b a s e d o n t h e s e t o f f u n d a m e n t a l
e q u a t i o n s g o v e r n i n g t h e m a s s t r a n s p o r t o f a q u e o u s c h e m i c a l s p e c ie s i n d i l u te
e l e c t r o l y ti c s o lu t i o n s . T h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f c h e m i c a l s p e c i e s i, C i o b e y s t h e f o l lo w i n g
m a s s - c o n s e r v a t i o n e q u a t i o n ( a s s u m i n g t h e e l e c t r o l y t e is s t a ti c ),
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d e p l e t i o n o f s p e c i e s i b y c h e m i c a l r e a c t i o n a n d U i i s t h e m o b i l i ty , g i v e n b y t h e
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T h e f ir st t e r m o n t h e r i g h t- h a n d s i d e o f th e e q u a t i o n r e p r e s e n t s t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n t o
t h e o v e r a l l t r a n s p o r t r a t e f r o m i o n ic d if f u si o n a n d t h e s e c o n d t e r m i s t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n
b y e l e c t r o m i g r a t i o n f o r t h e c h a r g e d s p e c i e s. T h e e l e c t r o s t a ti c p o t e n t i a l o f t h e s y s t e m ,
is g o v e r n e d b y P o i s s o n ' s e q u a t i o n ,
v2q~ = ~ , (3)
w h e r e a is t h e c h a r g e d e n s i t y a n d e is t h e p e r m i t ti v i t y o f th e e l e c t r o l y t e . F o r w a t e r e
i s 8 0 , a n d t h e m a g n i t u d e o f e -1 is s u f f ic i e n t l y l a r g e t h a t a n y d e p a r t u r e o f t h e s y s t e m
f r o m e l e c t r o n e u t r a l i t y r e s u l t s i n a v e r y l a r g e e l e c t r i c a l r e s t o r i n g f o r c e . T h i s f o r c e
t e n d s t o r e m o v e c h a r g e g r a d i e n t s o n a m u c h f a s t e r t i m e s c a l e t h a n t h o s e a s s o c i a t e d
w i t h t h e d i f f u s i o n p r o c e s s e s . A s a n a p p r o x i m a t i o n t h e r e f o r e , P o i s s o n ' s e q u a t i o n i s
o f t e n r e p l a c e d b y t h e e q u a t i o n o f lo c a l c h a r g e n e u t r a li t y
~ i z i C i x ) ~--- 0 (4)
f o r al l x i n t h e c r e v i c e . T h e b o u n d a r y c o n d i t i o n s o f t h e p r o b l e m a r e a s f o ll o w s :
( 1) T h e c o n c e n t r a t io n s o f th e s p e c i e s a r e f ix e d at t h e c a v i ty m o u t h a n d a r e e q u a l
t o t h e v a l u e s i n t h e b u l k s o l u t i o n o u t s i d e t h e c o r r o s i o n s i te .
( 2) T h e f lu x o f s p e c ie s e i t h e r p r o d u c e d o r c o n s u m e d i n th e e l e c t r o d e p r o c e s s e s a re
p r o p o r t i o n a l t o t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g e l e c t r o c h e m i c a l r e a c t i o n r a t e s o n t h e c r e v i c e
w a l l s. T h e f lu x e s o f t h e o t h e r s p e c i e s a t t h e w a l l s a r e z e r o .
S o l u t i o n s o f t h e p r o b l e m h a v e b e e n o b t a i n e d u s in g a v a r i e t y o f a p p r o x i m a t i o n s t o
t h e e q u a t i o n s t h e m s e l v e s , t h e b o u n d a r y c o n d i ti o n s a n d t h e g e o m e t r y o f t h e c r ev i ce .
T h e m o s t c o m m o n a p p r o x i m a t i o n s a r e a s f o ll o w s :
( 1) A d o p t i o n o f si m p l if ie d g e o m e t r i e s r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e p i t o r c re v i c e .
(2 ) R e d u c t i o n o f t h e n u m b e r o f d i m e n s i o n s o f t h e p r o b l e m , u s u a ll y t o o n e , f o r
e x a m p l e , b y a s su m i n g t h a t t h e b e h a v i o u r o f t h e c a v i t y i s d o m i n a t e d b y c h e m i c a l
v a r i a t i o n s a l o n g t h e d i r e c t i o n p e r p e n d i c u l a r t o t h e o u t e r m e t a l s u r f a c e o r t h a t t h e
c a v i t y w a l l s a r e p a s s i v e .
( 3 ) N e g l e c t o f d i f fu s i o n o f i o n ic s p e c i e s u n d e r c o n c e n t r a t i o n g r a d i e n ts .
( 4) N e g l e c t o f m i g r a t io n o f c h a r g e d s p e c i e s u n d e r p o t e n t i a l g r a d i e n ts .
( 5 ) N e g l e c t o f c o n v e c t i o n o f s p e c ie s b y a m o v i n g e l e c t r o l y t e .
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(6) Neglect of the effects of the retreating walls of the cavity, i.e. the convected
electrolyte and the lengthening of the migration paths of the species.
(7) Simplification of the chemistry and electrochemistry by consideration of a
small number of chemical species and a limited number of equilibria and electrode
reactions.
(8) Neglect of the dependence of electrochemical reaction rates on solution
chemistry and electrochemistry within the crevice.
(9) Assumption of the steady state.
The simplest models consider ionic migration by one transport mode only, but
these are only strictly applicable to fairly narrow ranges of timescales and environ-
ments. For example, models which neglect ionic diffusion are only valid at short
times since any increase in electrostatic potential in the cavity implies some imbalance
in ionic concentrations and subsequent diffusion. Similarly, models which neglect
electromigration are also restricted; they are either specific to some experimental
system in which the potential gradients have been shown to be small over the relevant
timescales or they consider only the transport of a neutral species. The more general
models are those which consider diffusion and electromigration (and convection for
situations in which the electrolyte is flowing). There have been a number of such
models reported in the literature.
Some of the methods used in two literature models (Turnbull et al. 2-3 and Galvele
et al. 4-6) are now compared and the importance of some of the assumptions and
approximations to the general accuracy of the predictions are discussed. These
models involve a parallel-sided corroding cavity and yield a steady-state solution for
the chemistry and electrochemistry although the applications of the models do differ.
Both models consider diffusion, electromigration and chemical reaction of at least six
aqueous species within the cavity. This is the minimum number necessary to simulate
the behaviour of a localized corrosion site. These species are metal ions from the
dissolution process (MeZ+), hydroxyl and hydrogen ions from the water dissociation
(O H- and H+), a metal hydrolysis product (MeOH ~z- l)+ as the simplest) and sodium
and chloride ions to facilitate current flow within the crevice. Both models include
some buffering reactions to obtain more realistic simulation of particular experimen-
tal systems. However there are a number of differences; Galvele considers a cavity
with passive walls, whereas Turnbull includes the effect of corrosion on the walls.
Also, there are differences in the approximations made to the boundary conditions
of the problem and in the range of parameters over which each model is applied. The
models of Turnbull are applied to conditions of cathodic control [for metals polarized
to potentials less than about -0 .5 V(SCE)]. The anodic dissolution of the metal is
assumed to follow Tafel kinetics, i.e. the dissolution current is assumed to obey the
following equation ,
i = i0 exp - a E / R T ) , (5)
with E the electrode potential and the parameters i0 and a obtained from polarization
experiments. Two cathodic reactions are considered in this model; the reduction of
water (also assumed to obey Tafel kinetics) and the reduction of hydrogen ions. The
rate of the latter reaction is assumed to depend linearly on the pH, i.e.
i = i0[H +] exp - a E / R T ) . (6)
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O n l y o n e m e t a l h y d r o l y s i s r e a c t i o n i s i n c l u d e d ,
F e 2+ + H 2 0 ~ F e O H + + H + (7 )
s i n ce n o h y d r o x i d e is a s s u m e d t o p r e c i p i t a t e a t l o w m e t a l p o t e n t i a l s .
I n t h e m o d e l s o f G a l v e l e
e t a l .
t h e c a t h o d i c r e a c t i o n s w i t h i n t h e c r e v i c e a r e
n e g l e c t e d . T h i s a p p r o x i m a t i o n l im i ts t h e r a n g e o f a p p l ic a t i o n t o h i g h e r m e t a l
p o t e n t i a l s . T h i s c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f o n l y o n e e l e c t r o d e r e a c t i o n a l l e v i a te s t h e n e e d t o
c o n s i d e r a d i r e c t r e l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n t h e c u r r e n t a n d e l e c t r o d e p o t e n t i a l . I f ,
h o w e v e r , t h e k i n e ti c s o f t h e a n o d i c d i s s o lu t i o n r e a c t io n a r e a s s u m e d , t h i s m o d e l
e f f e c t i v e l y y i e l d s t h e p o t e n t i a l o f t h e m e t a l a s a f u n c t io n o f th e c o r r o s i o n c u r r e n t
d e n s i ty , w h e r e a s t h e m o d e l o f T u r n b u l l c a n b e u s e d t o p r e d i c t t h e c u r r en t f ro m t h e
m e t a l p o t e n t i a l . T h e m o d e l o f G a l v e l e a l s o in c l u d e s t h e p r e c i p i t a ti o n o f a s o li d
f e r r o u s h y d r o x i d e , s i n c e a t h i g h e r m e t a l p o t e n t i a l s t h e p r e d i c t e d i o n i c c o n c e n t r a t i o n s
e x c e e d t h e s o l u b i l i ty p r o d u c t o f t h is p h a s e . T h e s o li d is t r e a t e d a s a m o b i l e s p e c i e s
a n d t h e a p p r o p r i a t e m a s s - b a l a n c e e q u a t i o n i s d e r i v e d a n d s o l v e d . T h e h y d r o x i d e i s
a s s u m e d t o b e p r e c i p i t a t e d a s c o l l o id a l p a rt i c le s a n d n o t t o i n f l u e n c e t h e m i g r a ti o n o f
o t h e r m o b i l e s p e c i e s ( t h r o u g h s c al in g o f t h e d i f f u s io n c o e f f ic i e n t s, fo r e x a m p l e ) . T h i s
m o d e l m a y b e r e g a r d e d , t h e r e f o r e , a s r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e v e r y e a r l y s t a g e s o f p r e c i p it a -
t i o n i n a c o r r o d i n g d e v i c e .
T h e p r e d i c ti o n s o f b o t h m o d e l s h a v e b e e n c o m p a r e d w i t h v a r io u s e x p e ri m e n t s .
T u r n b u l l c o m p a r e d r e s u l ts f ro m h i s m o d e l w i th m e a s u r e d p o t e n t ia l s a n d p H v a l u e s
i n an a r ti fi ci al c re v i c e . H e o b t a i n s g o o d q u a l i ta t i v e a g r e e m e n t w i t h e x p e r i m e n t a l d a t a
b u t b o t h t h e p r e d i c t e d h y d r o g e n i o n c o n c e n t ra t i o n a n d t h e p o t e n t i al d r o p i n t h e
c a v it y ar e s o m e w h a t l o w e r t h a n m e a s u r e d e x p e r i m e n t a l r e s ul ts . A l t h o u g h n o
m e a s u r e m e n t s o f th e c a v i ty p r o p a g a t i o n r a te s a r e g i v e n, s o n o d i re c t c o m p a r i s o n m a y
b e m a d e , t h i s w o u l d s u g g e s t t h a t t h e p r e d i c t e d r a t e s a r e h i g h e r t h a n i n r e a l i t y .
G a l v e l e t e s t e d h i s m o d e l b y c o m p a r i n g a c a l c u l a t e d p it t in g p o t e n t i a l a g a i n s t e x p e r -
i m e n t . T h e a g r e e m e n t w a s fo u n d t o b e g o o d f o r a n u m b e r o f d i f fe r e n t s o l u ti o n
c o m p o s i t i o n s . H o w e v e r , i f t h e m e t a l p o t e n t i a l a s s o c i a t e d w i th a p a r t i c u l a r c u r r e n t
d e n s i t y i s c a l c u l a t e d , u s i n g t h e p r e d i c t e d s o l u t i o n p o t e n t i a l i n t h e m o d e l ( a s su m i n g
t h e k i n e t i c s o f t h e d i s s o l u ti o n r e a c t i o n ) t h e c a v i t y p r o p a g a t i o n r a t e i s f o u n d t o b e
f a s t e r t h a n r e a s o n a b l y e x p e c t e d f o r s u c h a p o l a r i z a ti o n . T u r n b u l l s u g g e s t s t h a t t h e
i n a c c u r a c y i n s o m e o f h i s p r e d i c t i o n s a r is e s c h ie f ly fr o m t h e a s s u m p t i o n o f n o s o l id
p h a s e s i n th e c r e v i c e a n d s u g g e s ts t h a t a t s u c h l o w p o t e n t i a l s m a g n e t i t e ( F e 3 0 4 )
w o u l d b e t h e s t a b l e p h a s e . G a l v e l e i n c l u d e s t h e s o l i d p h a s e i n h i s m o d e l a n d s t i l l
p r e d i c t s h i g h c o r r o s i o n r a t e s . H o w e v e r , a c a v i ty w i t h p a s s iv e w a l ls is a s s u m e d i n t h is
c a s e a n d i t w i ll b e s h o w n t h a t c o r r o s i o n o f t h e w a l l s in a r e a l s y s t e m i n c r e a s e s t h e
p o t e n t i a l d r o p i n t h e c a v i t y , t h u s r e d u c i n g t h e c o r r o s i o n c u r r e n t .
D E T A I L E D D E S C R I P T I O N O F M O D E L O F P R O P A G A T I O N
O F C O R R O S I O N C A V I T Y
T h e p i t o r c r e v i c e is m o d e l l e d a s a p a r a l l e l - s i d e d s l o t o f l e n g t h l , w i d t h w , a n d
t h i c k n e s s d ( F i g . 1 ). T h e c r e v i c e i s a s s u m e d t o b e f il le d w i t h a d i l u t e a g g r e s s i v e
s o l u t i o n , i n th i s c a s e N a C 1 , i n i ti a ll y a t c o n c e n t r a t i o n 1 0 - 3 m o l d m -3 . T h e f o l l o w i n g
a s s u m p t i o n s a r e m a d e :
( 1 ) T h e m e t a l s u r f a c e o u t s i d e t h e c r e v i ce is a s s u m e d c o v e r e d w i th a p a s s i v e f il m
a n d t h e r e is s u f fi c ie n t g e n e r a t i o n o f c a t h o d i c c h a r g e o n t h e o u t e r s u r f a c e t o d r iv e
l o c a l i z e d c o r r o s i o n .
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( 2 ) T h e s u r f a c e a r e a o f th e s l o t is v e r y m u c h s m a l l e r t h a n t h e s u r f a c e a r e a o f th e
m e t a l a n d c h a n g e s i n c o n d i t i o n s i n t h e c a v i t y d o n o t a f f e c t t h e p o t e n t i a l o f t h e w h o l e
s p e c i m e n .
( 3 ) T h e t h i c k n e s s o f t h e s l o t , d is v e r y m u c h l a r g e r t h a n t h e l e n g t h , l a n d t h u s
t r a n s p o r t o n t h e z d ir e c t i o n m a y b e n e g l e c t e d .
( 4 ) T h e e l e c t r o l y t e is s t a t ic .
( 5) C a v i t y p r o p a g a t i o n is s lo w c o m p a r e d w i t h io n ic m i g r a t io n r a t e a n d b o t h t h e
m o v i n g b o u n d a r y a n d a n y i n d u c e d e l e c t r o l y t e m o t i o n m a y b e ig n o r e d .
( 6 ) T h e c r e v i c e s o l u t io n i s a n a e r o b i c .
( 7 ) D i l u t e s o l u t i o n t h e o r y is u s e d t h r o u g h o u t a n d t h e a c t i v it y o f w a t e r i s n o t
c o n s i d e r e d s p e c if ic a l ly .
I n o u r m o d e l , t h e f o l lo w i n g e le c t r o c h e m i c a l r e a c ti o n s a n d k i ne t ic s a r e a s s u m e d .
F o r t h e o x i d a t i o n o f i r o n
F e 2+ + 2 e - --~ F e , ( 8 )
T u r n b u l l a n d G a r d n e r 7 f o u n d t h a t b e t w e e n p H 3 a n d 8 . 5 , a n e x p r e s s io n o f t h e f o r m
il = i01 e x p
[alFE/RgT]
(9 )
w i t h i01 = 2 . 7 l 0 II A m - 2 a n d a ~ = 1 d e s c r i b e s t h e c u r r e n t q u i t e a c c u r a t e l y . E i s t h e
e l e c t r o d e p o t e n t i a l m e a s u r e d o n t h e S C E s c al e. T h e r e d u c t i o n o f w a t e r
H 2 0 + e - ~ H + O H - , ( 10 )
w a s f o u n d b y T u r n b u l l a n d T h o m a s 3 t o f o l lo w t h e r e l a t io n s h i p
i2 = i02 e x p
[a2FE/RgT]
( 1 1 )
w i t h i02 a n d a 2 i n d e p e n d e n t o f p H b e l o w v a l u e s o f 1 0 a n d t a k i n g v a l u e s - 8 1 0-1 0 A
m -2 a n d - 0 . 5 , r e s p e c t iv e l y . T h e h y d r o g e n d i s c h a r g e r e a c t io n
2 H + + 2 e - ~ H 2 , ( 1 2 )
w a s f o u n d b y T u r n b u l l a n d T h o m a s 3 t o s h o w a f irs t o r d e r d e p e n d e n c e o n h y d r o g e n
i on c o n c e n t r a t i o n
i 3 = i03[H +] ex p
[a3FE/RgT]
( 1 3 )
w i t h i03 = 2 1 0 - 4 A m o l e - l d m 3 m - 2 a n d a 3 = - 0 . 5 .
I n i ti a l ly t w o c h e m i c a l r e a c t i o n s a r e c o n s i d e r e d i n t h e m o d e l :
1 . F e 2+ + H 2 0 ~ - F e O H + + H + , ( 1 4 )
2 . H + + O H - ~ H 2 0 . ( 1 5 )
T h e f ir st r e a c t i o n i s s i m p l if i e d f r o m t h e m a n y - s t a g e h y d r o l y s i s t h a t is li k e l y t o o c c u r . 6
T h i s s i m p l i f i c a t i o n i s q u i t e r e a s o n a b l e s i n c e t h e c h e m i c a l r e a c t i o n s a r e m u c h f a s t e r
t h a n t h e d i f f u s i o n p r o c e s s e s s o t h a t t h e d e t a i l e d k i n e t i c s o f s e v e r a l p a r a l le l r e a c t i o n
s c h e m e s c a n b e c o l l e c t e d i n t o o n e o v e r a l l s c h e m e : i t is o n l y th e e q u i l i b r i u m c o n s t a n t
w h i c h r e a l l y m a t t e r s , a n d t h is is d e t e r m i n e d b y t h e f r e e e n e r g i e s o f t h e s p e c ie s . T h u s
a n y s i m p l i f ic a t i o ns h e r e a r e l i k el y t o h a v e l es s e f f e c t o n t h e r e s u l ts t h a n t h e
s i m p l i c a t i o n s m a d e i n t h e e l e c t r o d e k i n e t ic s .
T h e e q u i l i b r i u m c o n s t a n t s o f th e r e a c t i o n s K ~ a n d K 2 c a l c u l a t e d u s i n g
RgT
In K l = G f ( F e 2+ ) + G f ( H 2 0 ) - G f ( F e O H + ) - G f ( H + )
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TABLE 1 . GIBB SFREE ENERGIES OF
FORMATION OF SPECIES
S p e c i e s F r e e e n e r g y k J t o o l - l
F e 2 - 7 8 . 8 7
F e O H + - 2 7 7 . 3
F e ( O H ) 2 ( s ) - 4 8 8 . 6
H 2 0 - 2 3 7 . 1 8
H 0 .0
O H - - 1 5 7 . 3
and
RgTln/ (2 = Gf(H ) + Gf(O H-) - Gf(H20 )
where G f ( S ) is the Gibbs free energy of format ion of species S, given in Table 1. The
individual forward and backward reaction rates are denoted klF, klB and k2F, k2s
where
K 1 - k l F K 2 - k 2 F
k l B ' k 2 B "
The sodium and chloride ions are assumed not to take part in the chemical reactions
but contr ibute to the transfer of current within the crevice.
In the model, it is first assumed that the crevice walls are passive, so the
steady-state mass-conservation equations for the aqueous chemical species become
o r - / 7 ]
[ dx 2 + RgT----dr. C i [- R i = 0. (16)
The six equations and the boundary conditions at the crevice tip and mouth are
specified fully in the accompanying paper.
The equations describing corrosion in two directions are derived in a similar
manner, i.e. with the electrode processes occurring on the crevice walls in addition
to the crevice tip. An approximation derived by Turnbull 8 which averages the
contributions from the walls across the width of the crevice, assuming a uniform
transverse concentration profile, is used. This effectively adds a term involving the
potential- (and hence position-) dependent currents and crevice width to the right
hand side of the mass-balance equations of the species involved in electrode
processes. The boundary conditions for this set of coupled differential equations are
as before. These equations are also given in the accompanying paper. 9
N u m e r i c a l s o l u t i o n
An analytical solution of the two sets of equations would be extremely difficult
since they are highly non-linear in nature. The non-linearity arises from the depen-
dence of the flux boundary condition at the crevice tip on the electrode potential,
which is one of the unknown variables of the system. However, by transforming to
dimensionless coordinates, rearranging and integrating, a form suitable for numeri-
cal integration may be obtained. Full details of this method are given in the
accompanying paper. 9 However, in brief, solution of the equations involved making
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a n i n i t ia l g u e s s a t t h e p o t e n t i a l a n d p H p r o f il e s, c a l c u l a ti n g th e v a r i o u s p a r a m e t e r s
d e p e n d e n t o n t h e s e , so l vi n g t h e c o u p l e d e q u a t i o n s a n d c o m p a r i n g t h e r e s u lt a n t
p o t e n t i a l a n d p H d i s t r ib u t i o n s w i t h th e e s t im a t e s . I f t h e s e d i d n o t c o in c i d e t h e n t h e
c a l c u l a t e d p r o fi le s w e r e u s e d f o r t h e n e x t i t e r a t io n . T h i s p r o c e s s w a s c o n t i n u e d u n t il
c o n v e r g e n c e . a n d h e n c e a s e l f - c o n s is t e n t s o l u t i o n w a s r e a c h e d . T h e s u b r o u t i n e
c h o s e n f o r th e s o l u t i o n o f th e s y s t e m w a s a v a r i a b l e - o r d e r , b a c k w a r d - d i f f e r e n t i a t i o n
f o r m u l a m e t h o d k n o w n a s G e a r ' s m e t h o d . S e v e r al t e c h n iq u e s i n v o lv i n g a v a r i et y o f
m a t h e m a t i c a l a p p r o x i m a t i o n s w h i c h r e d u c e c o m p u t i n g t i m e h a v e b e e n d e v e l o p e d
f o r s o l u t io n o f t h is s y s t e m o f e q u a t i o n s . T h e s e a r e d e s c r i b e d i n t h e n u m e r i c a l
m e t h o d s s e c ti o n o f t h e a c c o m p a n y i n g p a p e r .
C A L C U L A T E D R E S U L T S
T h e e l e c t r o d e k i n e t i c a n d c h e m i c a l e q u i l i b r i a p a r a m e t e r s h a v e b e e n d e s c r i b e d
p r e v i o u s l y . T h e d i f f u s io n c o e f fi c ie n t s o f a ll s p e c ie s e x c e p t H a n d O H - a r e t a k e n a s
1 1 0 - 9 m 2 s - 1 . T h e d i f f u s i o n c o e f f i c i e n t o f H i s a s s u m e d 9 . 3 x 1 0 - 9 m 2 s -1 a n d o f
O H - 5 . 3 1 0 - 9 m 2 s - 1. I n i t i a l ly a c r e v i c e o f le n g t h 2 m m a n d w i d t h 1 0 / z m i n a n e u t r a l
s o l u t i o n o f N aC 1 o f s tr e n g t h 1 0 -3 M i s c o n s i d e r e d . T h e t e m p e r a t u r e is a s s u m e d t o b e
25C
F i r s t l y , a c re v i c e w i t h p a s s i v e w a l l s w a s c o n s i d e r e d . F i g u r e 2 s h o w s d e t a i l s o f t h e
s o l u t io n c h e m i s t r y f o r a m e t a l p o t e n t i a l o f - 0 . 2 V . T h e p H o f t h e s o l u ti o n d e c r e a s e s
r a p i d l y n e a r t h e c r e v ic e m o u t h f r o m a b u l k v a l u e o f 7 to a b o u t 4 a n d t h e n d e c r e a s e s
s l o w l y t o a v a l u e o f 3 .4 a t t h e c r e v i c e t ip . L a r g e q u a n t i t i e s o f F e 2 a r e g e n e r a t e d w i t h
c o n c e n t r a t i o n s r e a c h i n g m o r e t h a n 1 0 M a t t h e c r a c k ti p . ( A t s u c h h i g h c o n c e n t r a -
t io n s t h e a s s u m p t i o n o f d i l u t e s o lu t i o n t h e o r y is n o t v a l i d .) T h e c h l o r i d e i o n
c o n c e n t r a t i o n a ls o i n c re a s e s r a p i d l y w i th d i s t a n c e a l o n g t h e c r e v i c e e n s u r i n g c h a r g e
n e u t r a l i t y is m a i n t a i n e d e v e r y w h e r e . F i g u r e 3 sh o w s t h e c h e m i s t r y f o r a m e t a l a t
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c a v i t y w a l l s r e d u c e s t h e c o r r o s i o n c u r r e n t d e n s i t ie s c o n s i d e r a b l y . F i g u r e 5 s h o w s t h e
v a r i a ti o n o f c o r r o s i o n c u r r e n t w i t h c a v i t y l e n g t h ( w i th e a c h c a l c u l a t i o n c a r r ie d o u t
i n d e p e n d e n t l y i n a s t at ic g e o m e t r y , i .e . n o m o v i n g b o u n d a r i e s a r e i n v o l v e d h e r e ) f o r
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T h e m o d e l i n c l u d e s a n a c c o u n t o f c a t h o d i c r e a c t i o n s o c c u r r i n g a t t h e p i t b a s e .
H o w e v e r , t h e s e c u r r e n t s a r e v e r y sm a l l a t s u c h a n o d i c e l e c t r o d e p o t e n t i a l s a n d it is
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i .e . i n c re a s in g c h l o r i d e a n d f e r r o u s i r o n c o n c e n t r a t i o n a n d d e c r e a s i n g p H t o w a r d s
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t h e c a v i t y t ip . T h e m a g n i t u d e s o f th e d e v i a t io n s f r o m b u l k v a l u e s , h o w e v e r , a r e
s l ig h t l y l a r g e r w i t h c o r r o d i n g w a l ls . F o r e x a m p l e , t h e p H v a l u e a t t h e c a v i ty ti p is
a b o u t 3 c o m p a r e d w i t h 3 . 4 fo r t h e p a s s iv e w a ll s. T h e p r o f il e s a ls o s h o w m o r e r a p i d
v a r i a t i o n n e a r t h e p i t m o u t h . A c o m p a r i s o n o f t h e p o t e n t i a l d r o p s f o r a c t iv e a n d
p a s s iv e w a l l s i n F i g . 7 i n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e c o r r o s i o n c u r r e n t s a r e r e d u c e d w h e n m e t a l
d i s s o l u t i o n o c c u r s o v e r a la r g e r a r e a . I n t h i s c a s e t h e c o r r o s i o n c u r r e n t a t t h e p i t b a s e
i s a p p r o x i m a t e l y 2 x 1 0 2 A m - 2 c o m p a r e d w i t h 3 x 1 03 A m - 2 f o r t h e p a s s i v e w a l l s .
T h e s e c u r r e n t s a r e s ti ll p h y s i c a l ly u n r e a l i s ti c a n d a n u m b e r o f o t h e r p h e n o m e n a n e e d
t o b e c o n s i d e r e d . O n e i m p o r t a n t a d d i t i o n i s t h e p r e c i p i t a t io n o f s o li d f e r r o u s
h y d r o x i d e , s i n c e i n a ll t h e e x a m p l e s g i v e n t h e s o l u b i l i ty li m i t is e x c e e d e d . I t w i ll b e
s h o w n t h a t c o n s t r ai n in g t h e r a ti o o f p H v a l u e t o F e O H re d u c e s t h e c o r r o s i o n
c u r r e n t s s l ig h t ly a n d s c a li n g d o w n t h e d i f f u s io n c o e f f ic i e n ts t o s i m u l a t e t h e p r e s e n c e
o f s o li d h y d r o x i d e r e d u c e s t h e m f u r t h e r t o p h y s i c a ll y r e a li s ti c v a l u e s.
assivation of crevice walls
T h e p o t e n t i a l d r o p a l o n g t h e c r e v ic e l e n g t h c a n b e u s e d t o c a l c u la t e t h e c u r r e n t
d i s t r ib u t i o n o v e r t h e i n t e r n a l m e t a l s u r f ac e . F i g u r e 8 s h o w s t h e c o r r o s i o n c u r r e n t a s
a f u n c t i o n o f p o s it i o n in a ca v i t y o f le n g t h 2 m m a t a p o t e n t i a l - 0 . 2 V . T h e c u r r e n t a t
t h e c a v i t y m o u t h i s e x t r e m e l y l a r g e , b u t t h e m o d e l d o e s n o t a c c o u n t f o r a n y
p a s s i v a t i o n o f t h e m e t a l . I n r e a l i t y , it s e e m s l i k e l y t h a t t h i s r e g i o n w o u l d r e p a s s i v a t e 1
u n d e r c o n d i t i o n s o f h i g h e r p H v a l u e a n d l o w e r p o t e n t i a l d r o p i n t h i s r e g i o n .
A l t h o u g h t h e p r e d i c t e d c u r r e n t s i n t h e r e s t o f t h e c a v i ty a re u n r e a l is t ic a l ly h ig h t h e
d i s t r ib u t i o n g i v e s a n i n d i c a t i o n o f t h e f u t u r e s h a p e o f th e p i t ; t h e r a p i d b r o a d e n i n g o f
t h e w i d t h c lo s e to t h e m o u t h w i th a m o r e e v e n b r o a d e n i n g o v e r t h e m a j o r i t y o f th e
l e n g t h s u g g e s t s a n e v e n t u a l b o t t l e - s h a p e d c a v i ty . M o s t o f t h e c u r r e n t d i s t ri b u t i o n s
g e n e r a t e d f o r th e r a n g e o f p a r a m e t e r s i n t h is p a p e r d i s p la y th i s s t u d i e d b e h a v i o u r .
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I n a ll t h e e x a m p l e s g i v e n in e a r li e r s e c ti o n s t h e p r o d u c t s o f f e r r o u s a n d h y d r o x i d e
i o n s h a v e e x c e e d e d t h e s o l u b i l i ty li m i t o f so l id f e r r o u s h y d r o x i d e .
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is c o n s i d e r e d s p e c if ic a l ly . T h e e q u i l i b r i u m c o n s t a n t o f th i s r e a c t i o n is c a l c u l a t e d f r o m
t h e f r e e e n e r g i e s o f t h e i n d iv i d u a l sp e c i es a s b e f o r e . I n a r e c e n t p a p e r , G r a v a n o a n d
G a l v e l e 6 t r e a t t h e s o l i d a s a d i f fu s i n g s p e ci e s . T h e y i n c l u d e a t e r m D dC/dx)d i r e c t l y
i n t h e i r m a s s - b a l a n c e e q u a t i o n s a n d s o l v e f o r th i s s o li d 'c o n c e n t r a t i o n ' , C i n t h e s a m e
w a y a s f o r t h e o t h e r c o n c e n t r a t i o n s . T h e d i f f u s i o n c o e f f i c i e n t , D i s s e t t o 1 1 0 - 9
m E s , t h e s a m e a s t h e o t h e r d i f f u s i n g i o n s ( e x c e p t H a n d O H - ) . T h i s d e s c r i b e s t h e
s i t u a t i o n i n t h e p i t a f e w m i l l i s e c o n d s a f t e r a f l a w i n t h e p a s s i v e f i l m o c c u r s a n d
a s s u m e s t h a t t h e h y d r o x i d e is p r e c i p i t a t e d a s c o l l o i d a l p a r t i c l e s i n t h e v e r y e a r l y
s ta g e s o f t h e p r o c e s s . T h e m o d e l d e s c r i b e d h e r e c o n s i d e rs t h e e f f e c ts o f p r e c ip i t a t io n
i n t h e c r e v i c e o v e r a l o n g e r t i m e s c a l e . I t d o e s n o t d i r e c t l y s o l v e f o r a s o l i d
c o n c e n t r a t i o n a n d h e n c e a v o i d s t h e n e c e s s i t y to a s s ig n a d if f u s io n c o e f f i c ie n t t o a
p o t e n t i a l l y n o n - m o b i l e s p e c i e s .
T h e r e i s l it tl e k i n e t ic d a t a a v a i l a b l e o n t h e r a t e o f p r e c i p i t a t i o n . G a l v e l e 5 s u g g e s t s
i n h i s o n e - d i m e n s i o n a l p a s s i v e - w a l l m o d e l t h a t n o p r e c i p i t a t e p a r t i c l e s w i l l f o r m
a l o n g t h e c r e v i c e i n t h e o x i d e f i lm , a s t h e p r e c i p i t a t i o n p r o c e s s i s s l o w , b u t a t t h e
m e t a l - s o l u t i o n i n t e r f a c e t h e p r o c e s s w i l l b e m u c h f a s t e r . F o r s i m p l i c i t y , i t w i l l b e
a s s u m e d in th i s m o d e l t h a t t h e p r e c i p i t a t io n r a t e is f a s t e v e r y w h e r e c o m p a r e d t o t h e
d i f f u si o n r a t e s a n d t h e m a s s - b a l a n c e e q u a t i o n s w i ll b e m o d i f i e d s o t h a t t h e s o l u b i li t y
o f F e ( O H ) 2 is n o t e x c e e d e d .
T h e g o v e r n i n g m a s s - t r a n s p o r t e q u a t i o n s a r e d e r iv e d a s b e f o r e b u t w i t h a n
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additional constraint fixing the ratio of the H and FeOH + concentrations. The
boundary conditions at the pit mouth are modified slightly to ensure both charge
neutra lity and chemical equilibrium here. The details of the modified equations and
boundary conditions may be found in the accompanying paper. The equations are
solved using the iteration techniques employed earlier. Figure 9 shows the predicted
solution chemistry in a pit with non-corroding walls. The p r meters are the same as
in the previous calculations except that the bulk chloride concentration is assumed 2
10 -2 M. The diffusion coefficients are assumed 10 -9 m 2 s -1 (except those ofH + and
OH -) for this calculation. Compar ison of Fig. 9 with a run with the solubility limits
exceeded shows a much lesser degree of acidification, about pH 5 at the cavity tip
compared with pH 3 (and a correspondingly lower [FeOH+]). However, the potential
distributions in the crevices are very similar and the corrosion currents are only
reduced by a few per cent by constraining the pH and FeOH + in this way. Figure 10
shows the results of the 'active-wall' calculation using the same parameters as in
Fig. 9. Again, it may be seen that the solution is more acidic when the crevice walls
are corroding in addition to the base.
In all the examples given the predicted rates of metal dissolution il, are very large.
However, no account has been taken of the physical effect of the corrosion product
restricting the migration of aqueous species. There are little available empirical data
on the diffusion coefficients in porous iron solids, so the model is tested over a range
of values. Figure 11 shows the variation of the corrosion currents with diffusion
coefficients for the case of an active wall cavity. The reduction in the corrosion
current is quite significant as the diffusion of both aggressive species and corrosion
products becomes impaired. Figure 12 shows the solution chemistry with a diffusion
coefficient of 1 0 - 1 3 m 2 s -1. Comparison with Fig. 10 shows a higher degree of
acidification is obtained since the hydrogen ions produced in the hydrolysis reaction
cannot diffuse out of the pit as easily.
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C o n c e n t r a t i o n p r o f i le s a l o n g c a v i t y l e n g t h f o r a c r e v ic e w i t h a c t i v e w a ll s ( p r e c i p i-
t a t i o n r e a c t i o n i n c l u d e d a n d d i f f u si o n c o e f fi c ie n t s r e d u c e d ) .
L I M I T A T I O N S A N D F U T U R E E X T E N S I O N S T O T H E M O D E L
The steady-state model described in this paper gives some reasonable qualitative
predictions of the chemistry and electrochemistry within the corroding crevice but
the quantitative comparisons with empirical cavity propagation rates and ionic
concentrations are less encouragingl The inaccurate cavity propagation rates pre-
dicted, however, seem consistent with other models in the literature. This would
suggest that the approximations made in the construction of the model are not
strictly valid and that physical processes have been oversimplified or the empirical
input data is not sufficiently accurate. In many of the examples, the predicted
solutions are highly supersa turated with respect to ferrous chloride. The addition of
the equilibria reaction
Fe 2+ + 2C1- ~ FeCI2 (18)
would seem necessary in these cases. However, limitations with the numerical
solving method of the mass-conservation equations restrict the addition of further
chemical equilibria reactions. There is therefore a need to develop an alternative
solving technique in the model to include a more complex description of the
chemistry within the crevice.
In most of the examples given, the effect of the moving boundary is negligible and
the approximation of a static geometry is valid for a steady-state calculation.
However, at a high potential, e.g. 0.0 V in pits with passive walls, the calculations
produce currents of, the order of 105 A m -2 which is roughly equivalent to the metal
interface retreating at a speed of 1 x 10 -2 mm s -1. This is fast compared with the
diffusive speed of the mobile species and consequently the moving boundary and the
induced electrolyte motion should be specifically considered for such sets of par-
ameters.
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A n o t h e r p o s si b le e x t e n s io n o f t h e m o d e l m a y b e a c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f t h e e f f e ct o f
l im i t i n g t h e c a t h o d i c c u r r e n t g e n e r a t e d o n t h e e x t e r n a l s u r f a c e . A l s o t h e e l e c tr i ca l
r e s i st a n c e o f t h e b u l k s o l u t i o n , w h i c h m o d i f ie s t h e c h a r g e t r a n s f e r a n d m a y l im i t t h e
c o r r o s i o n r a t e s , s h o u l d b e t a k e n i n t o a c c o u n t .
C O N C L U S I O N
A m o d e l o f th e p r o p a g a t i o n s t ag e o f c r e v ic e o r p i tt i n g c o r r o s i o n w h i c h is e n t i r e l y
p r e d i c t i v e a n d s e l f - c o n s i s t e n t i s d e v e l o p e d a n d a p p l i e d t o c a r b o n s t e e l i n a d i l u t e
s o d i u m c h l o ri d e s o l u t i o n . T h e s t e a d y - st a te e q u a t io n s g o v e r n i n g m a s s t r a n s p o r t a n d
e l e c t r o d e p o t e n t i a l o f a s y s t e m o f m o b i l e s p e c i es i n a r e s t ri c t e d g e o m e t r y a r e s o l v e d
t o p r o d u c e d e t a il s o f v a r ia t i o n s i n t h e s o l u t i o n c h e m i s t ry a n d e l e c t r o c h e m i c a l
p o t e n t i a l . F r o m t h e s e r e s u l t s c o r r o s i o n r a t e s a r e c a l c u l a t e d . T h e m o d e l c o n s i d e r s
s e p a r a t e l y a c ti v e c o r r o s i o n a t th e c r e v i c e b a s e o n l y a n d c o r r o s i o n o n t h e b a s e a n d
w a l ls . A n e x t e n s i o n t o th e m o d e l i n c l u d e s a n a c c o u n t o f th e e f f e c t o f p r e c i p it a t io n o f
s o li d fe r r o u s h y d r o x i d e . T h e m a i n c o n c l u s i o n s a r e a s f o ll o w s :
( 1) F o r b o t h a c ti v e a n d p a s s iv e w a l l s, t h e r e s u lt s s h o w d e c r e a s i n g p H v a l u e s a n d
i n c r e a si n g F e 2 a n d C I - c o n c e n t r a t i o n s a l o n g t h e p i t t o w a r d s t h e t ip , w i th d e v i a t io n s
o f i n d i v i d u a l sp e c i es f r o m t h e i r b u l k v a l u e s i n c re a s i n g w i t h in c r e a s in g m e t a l p o t e n -
t ia l. B y v a r y i n g th e m a n y p a r a m e t e r s o f t h e s y s t e m it w o u l d b e p o s s i b le t o i d e n t i f y
c r i t i c a l p h y s i c a l c o n d i t i o n s ( e . g . b u l k p H , b u l k C 1 - c o n c e n t r a t i o n ) w h i c h r e s u l t i n
p i t t i n g o r c r e v i c e c o r r o s i o n .
( 2 ) I n t h e s i m p l e s t m o d e l , w i t h n o s o l i d c o r r o s i o n p r o d u c t s , t h e c a l c u l a t e d
c o r r o s i o n c u r r e n t s f o r t h e p a s s i v e w a l l c a s e a re v e r y h ig h ( f o r CM = - 0 . 2 V , l = 2 m m ,
i = 3 x 103 A m - 2 ) b u t a r e r e d u c e d b y t h e i n c l u s i o n o f c o r r o d i n g w a l l s (i --- 2 x 102 A
m - 2 ) . W h e n a c c o u n t is t a k e n o f th e e f f e c t o f a s o li d p r e c i p i ta t e ( f e r r o u s h y d r o x i d e )
o n t h e s o l u t i o n c h e m i s t r y , t h e p r e d i c t e d c u r r e n t s a r e r e d u c e d s l i g h t l y . H o w e v e r ,
t h e s e v a l u e s a r e u n r e a l is t ic a l ly h ig h w h i c h w o u l d s u g g e s t t h a t s o m e o f t h e a p p r o x i -
m a t i o n s m a d e i n t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e m o d e l m a y n o t b e v a li d . T h e d e s c r i p t io n o f
t h e s o l u t i o n c h e m i s t r y m a y s t i l l h a v e b e e n o v e r s i m p l i f i e d , p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t h e
t r e a t m e n t o f th e s o l id p r e c ip i t a te s . F o r e x a m p l e , t h e p r e d i c t e d s t e a d y - s t a t e so l u t io n s
w i t h i n t h e c r e v ic e a r e h i g h l y s u p e r s a t u r a t e d w i t h re s p e c t t o f e r ro u s c h l o r i d e . F u r t h e r
m o d e l d e v e l o p m e n t is n e c e s s a r y t o i n v e s t i g a t e th i s ef f e c t.
( 3) T h e s o li d c o r r o s i o n p r o d u c t s h a v e a n e x t r e m e l y i m p o r t a n t e f f e c t o n t h e c a v i t y
p r o p a g a t i o n r a te s t h r o u g h t h e i r l i m i ti n g e ff e c t o n t h e d i f f u s i o n io n i c sp e c i e s w i t h i n
t h e c r e v i c e . T h e r e i s l it tl e a v a i l a b l e e m p i r i c a l d a t a o n d i f f u s i o n c o e f f ic i e n t s w i t h i n
p o r o u s i r o n s o l id s a t p r e s e n t a n d t h i s m a y b e o n e o f t h e i n p u t p a r a m e t e r s t h a t n e e d s
t o b e a c c u r a t e l y d e t e r m i n e d i f t h e m o d e l is to b e u s e d i n a p r e d i c ti v e r o l e in t h e f u t u r e .
( 4) F o r t h e r a n g e o f m e t a l p o t e n t ia l s c o n s i d e r e d ( - 0 . 4 4 ) . 0 V ) t h e s i g n if ic a n t p a r t
o f c a t h o d i c a c t iv i t y o c c u r s o n t h e m e t a l s u r f a c e o u t s id e t h e c r e v ic e m o u t h .
( 5 ) B y c o n s i d e r i n g t h e p r o p o r t i o n o f t h e c r e v i c e l e n g t h a t w h i c h t h e p o t e n t i a l
e x c e e d s t h e p a s s i v a t i o n p o t e n t i a l o f t h e m e t a l in t h e c r e v i c e s o l u t i o n , i .e . t h e n a r r o w
r e g i o n n e a r t h e c a v i t y m o u t h w h i c h d o e s n o t c o r r o d e i n t h e s t e a d y s t a te , o n e c o u l d
e s t i m a t e t h e e v e n t u a l s h a p e o f th e c r e v ic e . T h e m o d e l p r e d i c t s a ra p i d b r o a d e n i n g o f
t h e w i d t h c lo s e to t h e p a s s i v a t e d r e g i o n w i th a m o r e e v e n b r o a d e n i n g a n d l e n g t h e n i n g
o v e r t h e m a j o r i t y o f t h e l e n g t h . T h i s w o u l d s u g g e s t a n e v e n t u a l ' b o t t l e - s h a p e d '
c r e v i c e .
T h e m o d e l w i ll b e d e v e l o p e d f u r t h e r t o i n c l u d e a b e t t e r d e s c r i p ti o n o f th e s o l u t i o n
c h e m i s t r y in t h e c r e v i c e .
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C o m m u n i t i e s . I n t h e D o E c o n t e x t , t h e r e s u l ts w il l b e u s e d i n t h e f o r m u l a t io n o f G o v e r n m e n t p o l ic y , b u t
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