Corrosion electrochemical behavior of brass tubes in circulating cooling seawater

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and electrochemical noise (EN) were used to study the corrosion electrochemical behavior of brass tubes in circulating cooling seawater using the developed sensor. EIS study shows that the inhibitor can lead to the formation of corrosion products on metal surface, which will then inhibit the corrosion process. When the flow rate of the seawater increases, the diffusion of oxygen speeds up and the action of filming on HAl77-2 tube accelerates, resulting in decrease of corrosion rate. EN analysis shows that the flow rate of the seawater has little effect on pitting susceptivity of HSn70-1 tube; however the pitting susceptivity of HAl77-2 tube increases with increasing flow rate. Good agreement is observed between the spectral noise resistance Rsn (f) calculated from EN data and the modulus of impedance. It is shown that the electrochemical noise technique can be used in corrosion monitoring.