Metals in the environment

Inhibitors The use of various substances or inhibitors as additives to corrosive environments to decrease corrosion of metals in the environment is an important means of combating corrosion. This is generally most attractive in closed or recirculating systems in which the annual cost of inhibitor is low. However, it has also proved to be economicaUv attrac tive for many once-through systems, such as those encountered in petroleum-processing operations. Inhibitors are effective as the result of their controlling influence on the cathode- or anode-area reactions. 

HEAVY METALS A gi oup of metals which are sometimes toxic and can be dangerous in high concentrations. The main heavy metals covered by legislation are cadmium, lead, and mercury. Industrial activities such as smelting, rubbish burning, waste disposal and adding lead to petrol increase the amount of toxic heavy metals in the environment. 

The corrosion potentials of the two metals in the environment under consideration will determine the direction of the transfer of electrons, but will provide no information on the rate of electron transfer, i.e. the magnitude of the galvanic current. Thus if E an.. is more positive than corr..B thc transfer of electrons will be from to with a consequent increase in the corrosion potential (more positive) of and a decrease in that of A/ the corrosion rate of will consequently increase and the corrosion rate of A/ will decrease compared with the rates when the metals... 

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