Wednesday, 1 June 2016: 10:20
Indigo 204 B (Hilton San Diego Bayfront)
The effects of hydrogen on the types, morphologies and electrochemical properties of the surface films formed on iron in aerated pure water at 25, 40, 50 and 70 oC were investigated by by using optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction measurements, Raman spectroscopy, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and Mott-Schottky (M-S) plots. Increasing temperature from 25 oC to 70 oC significantly accelerated the corrosion of non-charged iron. Figure 1 shows that yellow rust formed on the non-charged iron after immersion 21h at 40 oC, while the surface of hydrogen-charged iron after immersion in the same condition was gray. Figure 2 shows that the film formed on the non-charged iron after immersion 21h at 70 oC was dark, while the surface of hydrogen-charged iron after immersion in the same condition was covered with loosely distributed yellow rust particles. Raman spectra showed the different compositions of formed films on non-charged and hydrogen-charged iron specimens, as shown in Fig. 3. Normally the high valence iron oxides were formed on non-charged iron while relative low valence iron oxides were formed on the hydrogen-charged iron, with exceptions. The stability and semiconductor properties of the surface films formed on non-charged and hydrogen-charged specimens were characterized by EIS and M-S plot measurements in boric acid-borate buffere solutions, showing significant effect of hydrogen.