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Certain stifled calcination conditions can cause recarbonation in which CO2 is readsorbed on the lime s surface. This can seriously diminish the quahty and concentration of the lime. The possibiflty of recarbonation underscores the importance of rapid expulsion of the CO2 gas during calcination. 

Impingement Corrosion This phenomenon is sometimes referred to as erosion-corrosion or velocity-accelerated corrosion. It occurs when damage is accelerated by the mechanical removal of corrosion products (such as oxides) which would otherwise tend to stifle the corrosion reac tion. 

If the corrodent cannot be removed or reduced, the addition of an appropriate inhibitor may prevent cracking. However, complete, effective coverage by an inhibitor may not be achieved or economically feasible. Application of cathodic protection can stifle SCC in some metal... 

Cathodic protection can stifle SCC in some metal systems. However, if cracking is the result of hydrogen embrittlement rather than SCC, the use of cathodic protection can intensify cracking. 

Separate the metal from the environment with a physical barrier. Many corrosion inhibitors make use of this principal to protect metals. Proper use of an appropriate inhibitor may reduce or eliminate pitting. Pits are frequently initiation sites for corrosion-fatigue cracks. The effectiveness of inhibitors depends upon their application to clean metal surfaces. An example of this method is the use of zinc coatings on steel to stifle pit formation. 

Metal surfaces in a well-designed, well-operated cooling water system will establish an equilibrium with the environment by forming a coating of protective corrosion product. This covering effectively isolates the metal from the environment, thereby stifling additional corrosion. Any mechanical, chemical, or chemical and mechanical condition that affects the ability of the metal to form and maintain this protective coating can lead to metal deterioration. Erosion-corrosion is a classic example of a chemical and mechanical condition of this type. A typical sequence of events is ... 

Cathodic protection of an uncoated ship is practically not possible or is uneconomic due to the protection current requirement and current distribution. In addition, there must be an electrically insulating layer between the steel wall and the antifouling coating in order to stifle the electrochemical reduction of toxic metal compounds. Products of cathodic electrolysis cannot prevent marine growths. On the contrary, in free corrosion, growths on inert copper can occur if cathodic protection is applied [23]. 

U.S. automotive histoiyi reveals a fairly continuous improvement in both performance and fuel economy, but the relative interest in each is influenced by externalities. Wlien gasoline is plentiful and inexpensive, the consumer is more interested in performance and/or larger vehicles, both of which tend to decrease fuel economy. During the /Uab oil shocks of the 1970s, when the gasoline supply was stifled and driv-... 

The oil enmeshes in the tail, as shown in Figure 4-480, and provides a mechanical barrier to attack of the aqueous corrodents on the base metal. The oily film also increases the resistance to corrosion current flow and, thus, stifles the rate of corrosion. An advantage of using organic film-forming inhibitors... 

Be creative Early closure and criticism stifle creative thinking. Be willing to set some time aside to explore different and unusual ways to solve your problem. During this time, do not permit criticism of ideas offered. All negotiations can benefit from nonjudgmental creative thinking. 

A third phase is sometimes identified in pitting corrosion, i.e. termination. Pits can become stifled by the build-up of insoluble corrosion products at their mouths. Removal of these mounds of corrosion products, either mechanically or through some change in the environmental chemistry, can allow the pits to restart growth. 

From these two examples, which as will be seen subsequently, present a very oversimplified picture of the actual situation, it is evident that macroheterogeneities can lead to localised attack by forming a large cathode/small anode corrosion cell. For localised attack to proceed, an ample and continuous supply of the electron acceptor (dissolved oxygen in the example, but other species such as the ion and Cu can act in a similar manner) must be present at the cathode surface, and the anodic reaction must not be stifled by the formation of protective films of corrosion products. In general, localised attack is more prevalent in near-neutral solutions in which dissolved oxygen is the cathode reactant thus in a strongly acid solution the millscale would be removed by reductive dissolution see Section 11.2) and attack would become uniform. 

A consequence of single-ion diffusion is that the mass movement must be compensated for by an opposing drift (relative to a fixed point deep in the metal) of the existing oxide layer if oxidation is not to be stifled by lack of one of the reactants. The effect may be illustrated by reference to a metal surface of infinite extent (Fig. 1.81). 

For some applications, notably feed-water treatment for high-pressure boilers, removal of oxygen is essential. For most industrial purposes, however, de-aeration is not applicable, since the water used is in continuous contact with air, from which it would rapidly take up more oxygen. Attention must therefore be given to creating conditions under which oxygen will stifle rather than stimulate corrosion. 

Apart from this effect, increased velocity usually increases corrosion rates by removing corrosion products which otherwise might stifle the anodic reaction and, by providing more oxygen, may stimulate the cathodic reaction... 

The rate of water flow is also most important. This determines the supply of oxygen to the rusting surface, and may remove corrosion products that would otherwise stifle further rusting. A plentiful oxygen supply to the cathodic areas will stimulate corrosion, but so may smaller supplies at a slow rate of flow, if this leads to the formation of differential aeration cells (see Section 1.6). 

Very rapid and highly localised pitting is sometimes observed on components exposed to very turbulent flow conditions leading to cavitation in the stream. In general, these conditions appear to induce corrosion rather than erosion on cast iron surfaces, in contradistinction to what usually happens with other metals, apparently because the erosive component of the liquid flow scours away corrosion-stifling films and allows the development of very active electrochemical cells on the exposed metal surfaces . 

Investigation into the effect has been mainly devoted to reactions with red fuming nitric acid . It seems that in red fuming nitric acid a preliminary reaction results in the formation of a surface deposit of finely divided metallic titanium ignition or pyrophoricity can then be initiated by any slight impact or friction. The tendency to pyrophoricity increases as the nitrogen dioxide content of the nitric acid rises from zero to maximum solubility at about 20%, but decreases as the water content rises, the effect being nearly completely stifled at about 2% water. 

The thermodynamic phase stability diagrams appear to be preferred by corrosion scientists and technologists for the evaluation of gas-metal systems where the chemical composition of the gaseous phase consisting of a single gas or mixture of gases has a critical influence on the formation of surface reaction products which, in turn, may either stifle or accelerate the rate of corrosion. Also, they are used to analyse or predict the reason for the sequence of formation of the phases in a multi-layered surface reaction product on a metal or alloy. 

Porosity causes little trouble when corrosion is restricted to dry processes (oxidation). Corrosion products block the pores and stifle the reaction. 

In atmospheric exposure to industrial environments its corrosion rate is only about one-third that of zinc and the corrosion reaction is stifled by the tenacious oxide which is produced nevertheless it can frequently function as an anodic coating both for steel and for the less corrosion-resistant aluminium alloys. 

Lead coatings are mainly applied by cladding and find principal use in the chemical industry for resistance to sulphuric acid, for cable sheathing resistant to attack by soils and in architectural applications where resistance to industrial atmospheres is particularly good. They rely for their protective action on the formation of insoluble corrosion products which stifle the corrosion reaction and lead to very long service lives, but the corrosion resistance is impaired when chlorides are present. 

Sprayed zinc coalings Details of the method and the nature of the coatings are given in Section 12.4. In this method there is no alloy formation and the bond is primarily mechanical. Although porous, the coating is protective partly due to its sacrificial action and partly due to the zinc corrosion products which soon block up the pores, stifling further attack. 

Ferrous hydroxide is soluble (9%) in pure water, but slight oxidation renders it appreciably less soluble. Thus in the presence of water and oxygen alone the corrosion product may be formed in close contact with the metal and attack will consequently be stifled. In the presence of an electrolyte such... 

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