Looking for info about Steel Corrosion from Sulfides etc. 1

[MA]

I am looking for information about Steel Corrosion from<br>
sulfur, sulfides, sulphides, sulphates, sulfates; specifically: reactions, methods, chemistry, mechanisms, etc.<br>
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Does anyone have any suggestions of where to look to explore<br>
this topic? I am specifically looking at Carbon steel.<br>
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Thank you very much in advance,<br>
MA

 

[Andy]

I suggest you contact the IISI (international Iron & Steel Institute), to quote from their web site:<br>
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&gt;The International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) is a non-<br>
&gt;profit research organisation which serves as a world forum <br>
&gt;on various aspects of the international steel industry. <br>
&gt;Founded in 1967 with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, <br>
&gt;IISI was the first international association dealing <br>
&gt;solely with one industry. <br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;The International Iron and Steel Institute is recognised <br>
&gt;worldwide as an invaluable source of information <br>
&gt;concerning the steel industry, by industry analysts, <br>
&gt;international media, the United Nations, universities and <br>
&gt;research institutes and all others involved in following <br>
&gt;developments within the field of engineering materials. It <br>
&gt;provides the fastest and most comprehensive service on &gt;steel production and trade statistics and publishes &gt;authoritative reports on all aspects of the industry. <br>
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If these boys can't help you, chances are no one can - look at

http://www.iisi.org<br>

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Regards,<br>
<br>
Andy

 

...Bruns (1957) found a black ferromagnetic material, kansite, forming during corrosion of chromiunm steel by hot H2S...[from: Morse and others 1987].

I've never read this Bruns, but my experiences on anoxic-sulphidic muds show fast transformations that are possibly enhanced by bacterial enzymatic activity [see my paper Zaggia and Zonta (1997)].

Try to get these references and let me know if they were of help. Luca

Bruns F.J., 1957. Effect of hot hydrogen sulphide environments on various metals, Corrosion, 13, p. 27-36.

Morse J.W., Millero F.J., Cornwell J.C. and Rickard D., 1987. The chemistry of the hydrogen sulfide and iron sulfide systems in natural waters. Earth-Science Rewiews, 24, p. 1-42.

Zaggia L. and Zonta R., 1997. Metal-sulphide formation in the contaminated anoxic sludge of the Venice Canals. Applied Geochemistry, 12, p. 527-536.

This last is a journal published by Elsevier and is easy to find on-line.

please always reply to
zaggia@isdgm.ve.cnr.it