Corrosion Analysis of Mild

Steel
Supervisor : Dr Abdul Wadood
Presented By: Saba Sohail (19) & Ahsan Abdul Rauf (30)
Contents:

 What is Corrosion?
 Sample Preparation
 Corrosion Instrument
 Corrosion Analysis

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Corrosion
• Corrosion is a natural
process, which converts a
refined metal to a more
chemically-stable form.
• It is the gradual destruction
of materials (usually
metals).

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Types of Corrosion

 General Attack Corrosion

 Localized Corrosion
 Galvanic Corrosion
 Microbial corrosion
 High-temperature
corrosion

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Sample Preparation
Mild Steel
Mild steel was used in our corrosion
analysis testing. It is the most
common form of steel having
relatively low price. Mild steel
contains approximately 0.05–0.25%
carbon.

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Slow Meta Cut
A sample having dimensions 1×1
cm was prepared using slow meta
cut in order to get accurate
dimensions.

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Soldering
Soldering was done in order to
join the copper wire with the
sample.

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Soldering Iron
• Hand tool used in soldering
• Composed of a heated metal tip
and an insulated handle.
• Heating is achieved by passing
an electric current through a
resistive heating element.

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Soldering Wire
Tin-lead (Sn-Pb) solders, also called soft
solders, are commercially available with
tin concentrations between 5% and 70%
by weight.

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Soldering Gel
• Flux is a chemical cleaning agent or
purifying agent
• Flux facilitates soldering process.
• Flux also serves as a heat-transfer medium

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Copper Wire
A copper wire is a single
electrical conductor made of
copper. Copper wire and
cable is used in power
generation, power
transmission,
telecommunications,
electronics circuitry.

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Mounting
• Mounting is done to handle small
specimens.
• Provides edge retention
• We performed cold mounting in
order to insulate our sample.

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Epoxy and Hardener
• Commercially available
• Epoxies have the lowest
shrinkage of all cold mounting
resins.
• The curing time is relatively
long.

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Grinding and Polishing
• Grinding and polishing was done of the
surface.
• This operation was performed in order
to clean the surface.

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Corrosion Instrument
Instrument:
• Gamry Reference 600
• Working, Counter and Reference
electrode
• Potentiostat
• Electrochemical cell
• Computer

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Potentiostat
A Potentiostat is the
electronic hardware
required to control
electrochemical cell and
run most electro
analytical experiments.

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Electrochemical Cell
Electrochemical cell is the cell
consisting of 3, 4 or 5 electrodes.
Reference electrode
Working electrode
Counter electrode

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Corrosion Analysis
Mild Steel Result

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Nickel Alloy Result

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Corrosion Rate
• Speed at which any given metal deteriorates in a specific environment.
• The speed, is dependent upon environmental conditions as well as the
type, and condition, of the metal.
• Corrosion rate is calculated using the Tafel Fit method.
• Unit of corrosion rate is mill inches per year (mpy)

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Precautions
• Read the manual carefully before operation.
• No vibration near the instrument.
• No noise near the instrument.
• The sample must be properly insulated.
• Personal Protective Equipment must be worn.

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Acknowledgements:
• Tayyab Amin
• Sir Ahsan
• Sir Ayub

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References:
[1] “Metallography Lab,” Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad.
[2] “Amtec Corrosion And Coatings Consultants.” [Online]. Available:
http://www.amteccorrosion.co.uk/corrosionresistantship.html. [Accessed:
10-Dec-2017].
[3] T. Bell, “How and Why Do Metals Corrode?,” The Balance. [Online].
Available: https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-corrosion-2339700.
[Accessed: 14-Dec-2017].
[4] “Reference 600+ Potentiostat/Galvanostat 5 MHz EIS.” [Online]. Available:
https://www.gamry.com/potentiostats/reference-600-plus/. [Accessed: 13-
Dec-2017].

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