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The effect of reactionproduct layers on copper corrosion in repositoryconditions
Jari Aromaa, Alexander Chernyaev, Vesa Lindroos, Atte TenitzAalto UniversityHydrometallurgy and Corrosion Research Group
Contents
• Introduction
• Environments and corrosion rates
• Copper corrosion mechanisms
• Oxide films and corrosion
• Corrosion tests
• Copper corrosion products
• Characterization tests
• Summary
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Introduction
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• The interior of the final disposal
canister is made of cast iron to
resist the mechanical stresses.
• The outer part of the canister is
made of nominally 49 mm thick
copper.
• The purpose of copper is to protect
the cast iron insert and the fuel
assemblies from the groundwater.
http://www.posiva.fi/en/final_disposal/basics_of_the_final_disposal/the_final_disposal_c
anister
Introduction
• Canister ensures containment of the spent nuclear fuel,
safety depends on mechanical strength of the cast iron
insert and corrosion resistance of copper.
• Buffer contributes to mechanical, geochemical and
hydrogeological conditions that are predictable and
favourable to the canister, and protect canisters from
external processes that could compromise the safety of
complete containment.
• Deposition tunnel backfill contributes to favourable and
predictable mechanical, geochemical and hydrogeological
conditions for the buffer and canisters.
Source: Posiva Report 2014-03
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Introduction
• Canister material is phosphorus-alloyed oxygen-free copper
with 30-100 ppm P.
• Nominal thickness of cylinder is 49 mm, bottom and lid
50 mm.
• Outer surface defects accepted if 35 mm copper thickness
remains.
• 5.6 - 8.0 tons of copper for each canister.
• Outer surface area 13.67 – 19.18 m2.
• Casting, hot forming and machining of tube, bottom and lid.
• Electron beam welding (EBW) or friction stir welding (FSW).
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Introduction
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Source: Posiva Report 2012-16
• The alternative manufacturing methods are pierce and
draw, and extrusion.
• Starting from up to 16 ton billet.
• The pierce and draw process makes an integral base and
only the lid requires welding.
• Both the lid and base must be welded if the copper tube
is manufactured by extrusion.
Introduction
• From the perspective of corrosion behaviour, the important
characteristics of the initial state of the canister include:
• Nature and thickness of the surface film (oxide) on the copper overpack
• Nature and concentration of the surface contaminants
• Canister dimensions (corrosion allowance) and mechanical properties
• Maximum weld defect size
• Mechanical damage and cold work
• Level of residual stress
• Residual water and gas content.
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Source: Posiva Report 2012-16
Introduction
• Hot processing causes oxidation of copper surface, these
films are removed by pickling before non-destructive tests
for quality control.
• The canisters components will be cleaned before assembly,
mainly to remove cutting fluid residues, but also other
impurities.
• The canister components are typically at room temperature
during the spent fuel encapsulation, but canister surface
temperature has been estimated to be 50-60 ºC, maximum
100 ºC.
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Source: Posiva Reports 2012-13 & 2012-16
Introduction
• The canister surface will have an oxide layer when
it is put into the disposal hole.
• The aims of the REPCOR project are:
• Produce oxide films on the surface of clean copper
• Characterize the oxide film composition and thickness
• Measure the effect of oxide film on corrosion rate in differentcorrosive environments.
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Environments and corrosion rates
• The corrosion loads for the canister are:
• atmospheric corrosion during manufacturing and storage
• aerobic corrosion in the deposition hole
• inner corrosion due to radiolysis of residual water
• outer corrosion due to radiolysis of external water
• localised corrosion (mainly due to Cl- )
• general corrosion due to sulphide ions from groundwater, buffer and backfill (including microbially-induced corrosion).
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Source: Posiva Report 2012-16
Environments and corrosion rates
• Corrosive environments during the encapsulation and
deposition process:
1. Canister manufacturing and assembly, atmospheric corrosionat ambient temperature.
2. Encapsulation, atmospheric corrosion in indoors, urban orunderground environment, elevated surface temperature.
3. Canister in unsaturated bentonite, up to 100 years, atmospheric and/or immersion, high redox, hightemperature.
4. Canister in saturated bentonite, porewater replaced byground water, up to 10000 years, immersion, redox and temperature decreasing.
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Environments and corrosion rates
• The atmospheric corrosion of the copper shell during the
storage time before emplacement is estimated to be a
couple of months at most
• It is considered negligible in spite of the elevated
temperature of about 60-70 ºC in the storage facility.
• A layer of copper oxide with a thickness of a few tens to a
few hundreds of nanometres will form on the canister
surface.
• Even if the storage time would extend up to 2 years, the
total corrosion attack would be less that 1 mm.
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Source: Posiva Report 2011-11
Environments and corrosion rates
• Posiva Report 2011-01 gives (max.) pollutant levels as SO2
100 mg/m3, NO2 75 mg/m3, NH3 <20 mg/m3 and H2S <3 mg/m3.
• Time scale few weeks.
• Corrosion rates are based on literature: In urban
atmosphere 6-27 nm/a at 20 oC and 60-270 nm/a at 50 oC.
• The total corrosion attack even after two years storage will
be less than 1 mm.
• The most likely corrosion product will be copper oxide, not
stated whether Cu2O, CuO or both.
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Environments and corrosion rates
• The corrosivity of the atmosphere depends on impurities
and time of wetness. Corrosion rate decreases with time.
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Category, ISO
9223, ISO 9224
1st year, mm/a 10 years, mm/a 30 years, mm/a
C1 <0.1 <0.05 <0.03
C2 0.1-0.6 0.05-0.3 0.03-0.2
C3 0.6-1.3 0.3-0.6 0.2-0.4
C4 1.3-2.8 0.6-1.3 0.4-0.9
C5 2.8-5.6 1.3-2.6 2.6-4.6
CX 5.6-10 0.9-1.8 1.8-3.2
Environments and corrosion rates
• The emplaced canister will be covered by an air-formed
oxide with a thickness of a few tens to a few hundreds of
nanometres.
• The canister wall is expected to reach up to 100 ºC.
• RH is 50-80%, enough to cause condensation.
• The corrosion depth ranges from 90 nm in case of oxidation
of the surface to 90 mm in case of corrosion under a
condensation film.
• Maximum possible loss of thickness is estimated to be less
than 1 mm based on available oxygen.
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Source: Posiva Report 2011-11
Environments and corrosion rates
• Corrosion during bentonite saturation can lead to localized
corrosion due to uneven water saturation and bentonite
swelling.
• Areas with lower oxygen supply will become anodic.
• Saturation phase will take several years.
• Immersion in groundwater/pore water
• Evaporation and condensation of water causing
atmospheric corrosion.
• Dry deposits becoming moist and dissolving again can lead
to very concentrated solutions.
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Environments and corrosion rates
• Corrosion analysis after water saturation phase assumes
mass transport of species to and from the canister surface
by diffusion through water-filled pores and unlimited water
on the surface.
• General change from warm and oxic to cool and anoxic
conditions.
• First increase in Cl- concentration from groundwater
infiltration to bentonite, later Cl- decreases.
• Corrosion is controlled first by oxygen and later by sulfide
compounds.
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Environments and corrosion rates
Constituent Baseline
At closure,
infiltration into
unsaturated
bentonite
After closure
and saturation,
up to 100 years
After closure
up to 10000
years
pH 7.6-8.1 6.8-8 6.8-8 6.9-7.8
Redox, mV -300…-200 -250 to oxic -250…-150 -220…-170
Cl-, mg/L 6000-16000 2500-16000 2000-9000 300-3500
SO42-, mg/L <40 0-400 0-400 80-400
DIC, mmol/L <0.3 0.1-3 0.1-3.5 1-5
Na+, mg/L 2400-4800 1000-4800 1000-3300 250-1500
Ca2+, mg/L 800-4800 250-4800 100-2300 60-600
Mg2+, mg/L 25-70 40-150 70-150 20-200
K+, mg/L 10-20 5-20 5-20 5-20
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Posiva Report 2011-1, Potential hydrogeochemical conditions at Olkiluoto site
Environments and corrosion rates
Constituent
Infiltrating
groundwater at
closure
After closure and
saturation, up to
100 years
After closure up
to 10000 years
pH 6-8 7-9 7-9
Redox, mV -250 to oxic -250…-150 -220…-170
Cl-, mg/L 1060-16000 1770-16000 280-350
SO42-, mg/L 0-400 3800 3800
DIC, mmol/L 0.1-3.5 0.3-3 0.3-3
Na+, mg/L 920-4600 6900-11500 6900-9200
Ca2+, mg/L 1200-4800 1600-16000 1600-16000
HS-, mmol/L 0-1 0-1.3 0-1.1
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Posiva Report 2011-1, Estimated bentonite porewater evolution at Olkiluoto site
Environments and corrosion rates
• After emplacement of the capsule in the disposal hole
atmosphere can no longer be controlled.
• Posiva Report 2011-01 states that if oxygen supply is unlimited, corrosion rate is 100-300 mm/a.
• Dominant corrosion product most likely Cu2O.
• Assuming all oxygen in a disposal hole is used in coppercorrosion, the maximum even thinning would be 300 mm.
• Based on models, corrosion rate for oxic conditions is 7 mm/a.
• Aspö HRL results <100 nm/a at 75 oC, corrosion productCu2(OH)3Cl, possibly also Cu2O. (Taxén, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 807, 2004 )
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Environments and corrosion rates
• Corrosion rates during bentonite saturation have
been reported using different bentonite-solution
setups and methods.
• Posiva Report 2011-01 references give 3 mm/a, 7 mm/afor oxic conditions, from 10-25 mm/a down to 1 mm/a with increasing chloride, and 30-50 mm/a.
• SKB Report R-13-13 0.2-1.3 mm/a, typically 0.4-0.8 mm/a.
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Environments and corrosion rates
• Corrosion rates after bentonite saturation and
compaction.
• Posiva Report 2011-01 references give 0.06 mm after6000 years, from less than 6 mm to about 30 mm in 50000 years, and 38-86 mm after 105 years.
• SKB Report TR-13-17 gives 0.12-0.38 mm/a at 30-60 oCand 1.72 mm/a at 130 oC.
• Kinetic models by King et al. presented in Posiva Report 2011-01 show that corrosion depth is less than 0.1 mm and corrosion virtually stops after 100-200 years.
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Copper corrosion mechanisms
• Atmospheric corrosion is electrochemical with dissolved
oxygen as oxidant.
• 4 Cu + 2 H2O + O2 = 4 Cu+ + 4 OH-
• 4 Cu + O2 = 2 Cu2O
• In atmospheric corrosion the corrosion rate is controlled by
mass transfer of oxidant to the surface.
• The first product will be Cu2O that can react to other
compounds depending on the environment.
• In typical atmospheres this will be seen as copper surface
turning to brown or black due to Cu2O and then formation of
the colorful patina layer.
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Copper corrosion mechanisms
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Source: Krätschmer et al. Corrosion Science 44(2002), 3.
Copper corrosion mechanisms
• Electrochemical corrosion follows mixed potential
theory.
• An oxidant in the system reacts cathodically and
this in turn starts the anodic dissolution of copper.
• The surface films on copper can affect the rates of
electrochemical reactions.
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• The electrochemical
corrosion of copper
follows mixed
potential theory.
• Increase in [Cl-] will
increase the driving
force.
• Increase in [O2] will
increase cathodic
reaction rate.
• Both will increase
corrosion rate.
Source: Posiva Report 2011-1
Copper corrosion mechanisms
• A steady-state model
of general corrosion
with varying [Cl-] and
[O2] shows icorr from
10-2 mA/cm2 in oxic to
10-5 mA/cm2 in low-
oxygen system.
• Roughly 0.1 mm/y in
oxic and 0.1 nm/y in
low-oxygen.
• Source: Posiva Report
2011-1
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Copper corrosion mechanisms
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Copper Corrosion
Model in oxygen
containing
compacted buffer
material by King et
al.
Source: Posiva Report
2011-1
Copper corrosion mechanisms
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Copper
Sulphide Model
by King et al.
Source: Posiva
Report 2011-1
Copper corrosion mechanisms
• Copper corrosion by formation of Cu-Cl complexes
• 2 Cu + 4 Cl- + 2 H2O = 2 CuCl2- + 2 OH- + H2
• 2 Cu + 6 Cl- + 2 H2O = 2 CuCl32- + 2 OH- + H2
• Copper corrosion under oxygen-free systems by
auto-ionisation of water:
• 2 Cu + H2O ⇒ Cu2O + H2
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Copper corrosion mechanisms
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Low equilibrium
constant k values, not
probable reactions.
Calculated with HSC 8.1
Reaction Equations
module.
See also King & Lilja,
CEST 46(2011) 2, p. 153.
Oxide films and corrosion
• Two corrosion test series and two oxide film
characterization series.
• First corrosion test series by Mr. Vesa Lindroos 2015.
• Second corrosion test series by Mr. Atte Tenitz 2016.
• First oxide film series by Atte Tenitz 2016.
• Second oxide film series by Mr. Alexander Chernyaev on-going 2017.
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Oxide films and corrosion
Immersion tests to measure corrosion rates.
Glass reactor with glycol heater jacket
• Porvoon Lasilaite
QCM sensor and potentials
• SRS QCM 200 for mass change and Cu potential measurements, Pt counter electrode, SCE reference
• Hanna Instruments pH, DO and EC probes, WTW [Cu²⁺] probe
Acrylic reactor lid
• CNC-machined to fit all of the probes and gas inlet
• Sealable with original reactor clamp
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Oxide films and corrosion
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Oxide films and corrosion
• Short time immersion tests, up to 16 hours.
• OL-SR synthetic groundwater acidified to pH = 4
with nitrogen bubbling.
• DO levels typically 2.5 ppm (room temp.) and 0.5
ppm (50 ºC) before test.
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Oxide films and corrosion
• Fresh copper, OL-SR, pH = 4, 25 ºC, 191±103 mm/a.
• Fresh copper, OL-SR, pH = 4, 50 ºC, 985±60 mm/a.
• Oxidized 16 h 25 ºC, OL-SR 25 ºC, pH = 4, 920±170 mm/a.
• Oxidized 16 h 25 ºC, OL-SR 50 ºC, pH = 4, 485±165 mm/a.
• Oxidized 16 h 50 ºC, OL-SR 25 ºC, pH = 4, 155±85 mm/a.
• Oxidized 16 h 50 ºC, OL-SR 50 ºC, pH = 4, 295±130 mm/a.
• Oxidized 16 h 90 ºC, OL-SR 25 ºC, pH = 4, 380±240 mm/a.
• Oxidized 16 h 90 ºC, OL-SR 50 ºC, pH = 4, 390±200 mm/a.
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Oxide films and corrosion
• The base solution was OL-SR synthetic ground water.
• OL-SR water total dissolved solids is 14500 ppm, moreconcentrated solutions were 34500 ppm and 54500 ppm.
• pH-levels 4, 6 and 8.
• Temperatures 40, 60 and80 oC.
• Air or nitrogen purging during the 24 hour test.
• Electrodeposited copper on QCM crystals
• First series for copper, second for copper oxidized at
90 ºC for 7 days.
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Oxide films and corrosion
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y=-0.0026xR²=0.99656
-250
-200
-150
-100
-50
0
0 7200 14400 21600 28800 36000 43200 50400 57600 64800 72000 79200 86400
Mass
loss
,m
icro
g/c
m2
Time,s
Copper,S=14500ppm,T=45C,pH=4,air.
Oxide films and corrosion
S = salinity ppm, T = temperature ºC, gas: air = 1, N2 = 0
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Copper mm/a = -431.4 + 0.004509´[Cl ]+ 4.933´°C+
+611.5´ gas- 0.005518´[Cl ]´ gas-8.197´°C´ gas
Oxidized mm/a = 381.4 + 26.39´°C+357.8´gas-22,80´°C´gas
Oxide films and corrosion
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MLR model measured vs. predicted thinning mm/year.
Oxide films and corrosion
• Corrosion rates in room temperature OL-SR water under
nitrogen purging were 1-2 mm/a for copper and oxidized
copper, several hundred mm/a in hot, oxic solution.
• Corrosion rates were high and variation was large
• Copper 1-670 μm/a
• Oxidized copper 5-2100 μm/a
• Copper in nitrogen purged 1,4-91 μm/a
• Oxidized copper in nitrogen purges 2,6-141 μm/a
• Large variation in aerated conditions.
• Increase in aeration increases corrosion rate.
• Increasing pH decreases corrosion rate.
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Copper corrosion products
• Copper exposed to air containing moisture and
pollutants will form various corrosion products on
surface.
• Cuprous oxide (Cu2O) forms at an early stage of the
corrosion process.
• Further oxidation produces new layer of cupric oxide
(CuO) that grows preferentially over the Cu2O layer.
• Eventually, corrosion products on copper change to a
stable patina, whose composition depends on the
anions in the environment.
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Copper corrosion products
• The outer patina layer is usually precipitated basic
Cu(II) compounds such as:
• Atacamite or Paratacamite Cu2(OH)3Cl (chloridecompound)
• Brochantite Cu4(OH)6SO4 (sulfate compound)
• Posnjakite Cu4(OH)6SO4·H2O (sulfate compound)
• Malachite Cu2(OH)2CO3 (carbonate compound)
• Copper sulfides, mainly Cu2S, can form on copper
surfaces in atmosphere containing H2S or in a
solution containing S2- ions.
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Copper corrosion products
• Copper oxides can be
reduced in very alkaline
solution.
• The oxides can be
separated as long as
they are not too thick.
• The examples are for
approximately 1 mm films
and 1 cm2 samples.
• Scan rate 1 mV/s.
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S. Nakayama et al. J.Elchem. Soc., 2001.
Copper corrosion products
• Electrochemical reduction of copper compounds:
• Cu2O + H2O + 2 e- 2 Cu + 2 OH-
• CuO + H2O + 2 e- Cu + 2 OH-
• Using the charge from reduction tests the
thickness of oxide film can be calculated using
Faradays law and oxide density.
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Copper corrosion products
• Cu-OF copper samples embedded in epoxy.
• Polishing with 1200 grit sandpaper, immersion in 10% citric acid for 2 minutes three times with rinsingbetween dips, followed by rinsing with distilled waterand ethanol, and dried with hot air.
• Electrochemically deposited copper on QCM
crystals.
• Rinsing and drying after deposition.
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Copper corrosion products
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A1 = Cu2O
A2 = CuO
C1 = CuO
C2 = Cu2O
C4 = unknown,
appeared in some
very oxidized
samples
-1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5
-0.05
0.00
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
C2C1
A2
I (A
)
E (V vs. Ag/AgCl)
s1
s4
A1
C4
Copper corrosion products
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Background current density ∼0.5 mA/cm2, no reduction peaks.
Copper corrosion products
• Cu-OF molded in epoxy and QCM crystals
• Fresh or oxidized at 100-110 ºC for 1, 3 or 7 days.
• Immersion in air or nitrogen purged OL-SR
groundwater at 40, 60 or 80 ºC.
• Samples in air for 1-3 days 29-160 nm Cu2O.
• Samples oxidized in oven 100 nm Cu2O.
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Copper corrosion products
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Oxidation (days) Thickness (nm)
Sample Oven Immersion T = 40 C T = 60 C T = 80 C Oxide
Crystal 1 1 360 510 1200 Cu2O
3 1 670 1100 900 Cu2O
7 1 490 1300 1200 Cu2O
Copper 1 1 480 1500 2100 CuO/Cu2O
3 1 600 1000 1600 CuO/Cu2O
7 1 500 900 1700 Cu2O
Copper corrosion products
• Cu2O was the dominant oxide in almost all tests.
• Small amounts (10 nm) of CuO reduced in the tests
with water temperature 40 ºC and the samples were
oxidized in oven for one and three days.
• No CuO was reduced on samples which were
oxidized in oven for seven days before immersion
test.
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Copper corrosion products
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Oxidation products
on copper after 24 h
immersion in aerated
OL-SR groundwater
at 40 ºC.
-1.6 -1.4 -1.2 -1.0 -0.8 -0.6-0.10
-0.09
-0.08
-0.07
-0.06
-0.05
-0.04
-0.03
-0.02
-0.01
0.00
I (A
)
E (V vs. Ag/AgCl)
s2-T2
s2-T1
s3-T3
Copper corrosion products
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Oxidation products
on copper after 24 h
immersion in aerated
OL-SR groundwater
at 60 ºC.
-1.6 -1.4 -1.2 -1.0 -0.8-0.12
-0.10
-0.08
-0.06
-0.04
-0.02
0.00
I (A
)
E (V vs. Ag/AgCl)
s1-T1
s3-T2
s5-T3
s4-T3
s3-T2
Copper corrosion products
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Oxidation products
on copper after 24 h
immersion in aerated
OL-SR groundwater
vapour at 60 ºC.
-1.6 -1.4 -1.2 -1.0 -0.8
-0.14
-0.12
-0.10
-0.08
-0.06
-0.04
-0.02
0.00
I (A
)
E (V vs. Ag/AgCl)
s4-T1
s5-T1
s4-T2
s5-T2
s6-T2
s1-T3C2
C3
Copper corrosion products
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Oxidation products
on copper first
oxidized at 90 ºC for
7 days and then 24 h
immersion in aerated
OL-SR groundwater
at 60 ºC.
-1.6 -1.4 -1.2 -1.0 -0.8-0.07
-0.06
-0.05
-0.04
-0.03
-0.02
-0.01
0.00
I (A
)
E (V vs. Ag/AgCl)
s4-T1
s5-T1
s6-T1
s1-T2
s5-T3
s6-T3
Copper corrosion products
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Oxidation products
on copper first
oxidized at 160 ºC
for 24 hours and
then 24 h immersion
in aerated OL-SR
groundwater at 60
ºC.
-1.6 -1.4 -1.2 -1.0 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
0.1
0.2
I (A
)
E (V vs. Ag/AgCl)
s5-T1
s6-T1
s1-T2
s2-T2
s4-T3
C1
C2
A1
Copper corrosion products
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0
20
40
60
80
100
120 120°C 24 h oven
120°C 48 h oven
160°C 24 h oven
40°C 24 h SGW
60°C 24 h SGW
90°C 7 d oven + 60°C 24 h SGW
160°C 24 h oven + 60°C 24 h SGW
60°C 24 h in SGW vapor
Film
thic
kness (
µm
)
Summary
• In the corrosion rate analyses the estimated
corrosion hasdecreased during last 20 years.
• The estimated general corrosion rates are in the
range 1-3 mm/a, often less than 1 mm/a.
• Deep pitting is not considered probable.
• The combined effect of different stages on loss of
thickness is usually maximum few millimeters for
105 or 106 years.
• Some situations can result in high corrosion rates,
but these are expected to be short.
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Summary
• Short time tests to estimate the effect of
environment and oxide layer by using QCM tend to
produce corrosion rates that are often much too
high compared to long-term studies.
• Especially the hot, acid and aerated systems tend
to result in high and varying corrosion rates.
• The oxidized samples lose weight faster than clean
copper surfaces.
• The thickness of the copper oxide layer shows very
strong variation from less than 1 mm to tens of mm.
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References• POSIVA 2011-01, An Update of the State-of-the-art Report on the Corrosion of
Copper Under Expected Conditions in a Deep Geologic Repository. Fraser King,
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