RADIOACTIVE TRACER TECHNIQUE FOR LABORATORY CORROSION STUDIES

A RADIOACTIVE TRACER METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE CORROSION RATES OF MILD STEEL AND 316 STAINLESS STEEL IN SULFURIC ACID AT ROOM TEMPERATURE WAS DEVELOPED. IRRADIATED COUPONS OF THE METAL UNDER TEST WERE EXPOSED TO SULFURIC ACID, WHICH WAS CIRCULATED TO A FLOW CELL IN THE WELL OF A SCINTILLATION COUNTER. THE CORROSION RATES WERE DETERMINED BY COMPARING THE COUNTING RATES WITH THOSE FROM KNOWN WEIGHTS OF IRRADIATED COMPARISON STANDARDS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol7, No4, PP407-410, 4FIG, 2TAB, 4REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Government Printing Office

  Superintendent of Documents
  Washington, DC  United States  20402-9325
• Authors:
  • Close, H J
  • Hines, D B
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Isotopes and Radiation Technology
  • Publisher: Government Printing Office

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Corrosion tests; Radioactivity; Scintillation counters; Stainless steel; Sulfuric acid; Tracers (Chemistry)
• Old TRIS Terms: Tracers
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217000
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 26 1970 12:00AM