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Failure And Degradation Flashcards

1
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How does fracture occur

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Exceeding the UTS

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How does fatigue occur

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Failure due to repeated stress/strain

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What is creep

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Time dependent plastic deformation when subjected to a constant load

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What is brittle fracture

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Catastrophic failure
- very little plastic deformation before fracture
Rapid breaking of bonds
Little energy absorption up to fracture

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What is ductile fracture

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Slow failure
- significant plastic deformation before fracture
- “slow” breaking of bonds
- significant energy absorption can occur

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6
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Draw a graph of brittle fracture and ductile fracture

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See notes

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What is the process of ductile fracture

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  • under stress
  • necking ( bonds start breaking)
  • formation of microvoids and cavities
  • coalescence of voids and cavities to form elliptical crack
  • rapid propagation of crack by shear deformation at 45 degrees to tensile axis
  • resulting in cup and cone + dimples
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Process of brittle fracture

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  • crack propagates rapidly and perpendicular to tensile axis
  • little plastic deformation around crack tip
  • fracture in the crystalline brittle materials = cleavage ( breaking bonds along an atomic plane)
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9
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What is fratography

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Examination of fracture surfaces using a microscope

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What signs show ductile fracture (microscopic)

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“Fibrous” central regions consisting of multiple “dimples”
Extensive “tearing” of material

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Brittle fracture at low magnification

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V shaped “chevron” marks or radial fan shaped ridges
V’s point to where failure started
Lines meet together at a point where failure started

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12
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What are the names of brittle fracture at high magnification

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Transgranular or intergranular

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What are the signs of transgranular fracture

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Fracture through crystal grain
Eg. polystyrene with a hot knife

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What are the signs of intergranular fracture

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Fracture along grain boundaries
Eg. pulling apart polystyrene

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15
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What surface level feature shows ductile fracture

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Cup and cone

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16
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What surface feature shows brittle fracture

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Flat, faceted fracture surface

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17
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What is fatigue

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When materials fail due to repeated/fluctuating stresses (usually over a long period of time)

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18
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What are stress forms

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Stress forms can cause fatigue failure

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19
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What is the equation for stress ratio

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Stress ratio = stress min/ stress max

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20
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Equation for stress amplitude

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Stress amplitude = stress range / 2

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Equation for stress range

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Stress range = stress max - stress min

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22
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What are the 3 general forms that a stress cycle can be

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Reversed (mean stress = 0)
Repeated (mean stress ~= 0)
Random

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23
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How should fatigue testing be done

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Duplicate as nearly as possible the service stress conditions
- alternations compression/tension
- rotating/bending test apparatus

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24
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What materials experience a fatigue limit

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Most ferrous and titanium alloys

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25
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What does fatigue limit mean

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Bellow a certain stress no fail true will occur

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26
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What does no fatigue limit mean

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The material will eventually fail

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27
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What is the first stage of fatigue failure

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Stage 1 propagation ( crack initially propagates very slow - along crystallographic planes)

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What is the second stage of fatigue failure

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Much more rapid
Crack propagation direction changes to perpendicular to stress direction
Occurs due to repeated opening and closing of the crack

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What is the third stage of fatigue failure

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Fatigue failure
Crack reaches critical size
Can either have ductile or brittle characteristics

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30
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What can be seen from fatigue fractography

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Benchmarks
Then brittle or ductile marks

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31
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How is fatigue protected against (4 ways)

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  • intelligent design
  • reduce the mean stress or stress amplitude
  • surface finishing
  • case hardening , just the outside harder
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32
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Why is high temperature needed in creep

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  • creep is a temp activated process
  • temp greater than 40% of melting point, termed homologous temp
  • temp above which creep starts to occur
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33
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What is creep testing

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Tested by applying a constant load to a specimen held at high temp

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34
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What are the 4 regions of a creep graph

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  • instantaneous
  • primary
  • secondary
  • tertiary
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35
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What does the tertiary region of a creep graph show

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Accelerating rate leading to rupture

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36
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What does the secondary region of a creep graph show

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Linear creep, slowest rate, most important, gradient is calculated

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37
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What does increasing stress show on a creep graph

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Increases steady state creep rate, decreases rupture time
Slope increase, breaking faster

38
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What situations can creep cause a problem in

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Displacement limited - situations where precise measurements or small clearances are required, turbine blades
Failure limited - dimensions don’t matter but items must not break, power lines
Stress limited - when items must maintain a particular stress, tensioning cables

39
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How do we design against creep (3)

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  • chose high temp materials
  • chose materials with a large grain size
  • alloy
40
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What is corrosion?

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The destructive and unintentional electrochemical attack of a metal

41
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What is corrosion in metals (2 things)

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  • loss of material by dissolution
  • formation of a non-metallic layer
42
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Examples of corrosion of metals

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  • rust
  • tarnishing
  • verdigris
43
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What does electrochemical mean?

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  • Corrosion in metals is normally electrochemical
  • a chemical reaction where there is a transfer of electrons from one chemical species to another
44
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What is an oxidation reaction?

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Where electrons are lost by a species

45
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What is a reduction reaction?

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Where electrons are gained by a species

46
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Where does oxidation occurs

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The anode

47
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Where does reduction occur

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The cathode

48
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What does the emf give?

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Gives a metals tendency to corrode

49
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What are the 5 types of wet corrosion

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  • uniform attack
  • galvanic corrosion
  • selective leaching
  • crevice corrosion
  • pitting
50
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What is uniform corrosion? *

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  • small potential differences on the metal surface set up localised cells
  • the cells produce uniform corrosion of the surface
51
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What is galvanic corrosion?

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When two different metals are in contact and exposed to an electrolyte
- if in question state which one preferentially corrodes

52
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Which metal is more likely to corrode (galvanic)

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  • Metal which is more anodised on the galvanic series will preferentially corrode
  • Preferential corrosion protects the other metal
53
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What does the rate of galvanic corrosion depend on?

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Relative areas of the anode and cathode
A large cathode area compared to the anode will accelerate the process

54
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Other name of selective leaching

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De-alloying

55
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What is selective leaching?

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Where one element is preferentially removed via corrosion

56
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What is an example of selective leaching

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Dezincification of brass
Leaves behind weak and porous copper

57
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What is crevice corrosion?

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Occurs in a situation where the electrolyte can become stagnant (oxygen depleted) in a localised area

58
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Example of crevice corrosion

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  • riveted metal sheets
  • Under a washers
  • Under deposits of dirt
59
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What is pitting

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Specialised version of crevice corrosion where pits travel down through horizontal sheet

60
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How does pitting occur (4)

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  • Initiated by a surface flow, such as a scratch.
  • Density of solution in the pit increases as the concentration of corrosion products increases
  • Gravity acts on the solution causing the pit to grow downwards
  • can cause failure with very little loss of material
61
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What are the methods of protecting against corrosion

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  • coating
  • electrochemical protection
  • Intelligent design
62
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How do coatings (protecting against corrosion) work?

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Work by acting as a physical barrier between the metal and the electrolyte, preventing wet corrosion

63
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Examples of coatings (protecting against corrosion) 4

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Painting, plastic coating, enamelling and plating

64
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Problems with coatings?

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  • A potential problem with coatings is that if it is physically damaged the metal will be exposed
  • This will mean that corrosion will start occurring, possibly at a greater rate (due to crevice corrosion).
65
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What is passivisation (long answer)

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Some metals naturally have a protective ceramic coating on their surface.
●This coating is an oxide of the metal, formed by uniform corrosion.
●If this layer is impermeable and adherent then it will passivate the metals surface – protecting against further corrosion.
- Passivating layers are self-healing, exposing fresh metal causes corrosion but the product of the corrosion is the protective oxide layer.

66
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What metals have passivating layers?

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Aluminium, chromium, stainless steel, titanium and zinc

67
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What does a purbaix diagram show

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Corrosion stability

68
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What happens if a passivating layer is is corroded?

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Passivating layers are self-healing.
Exposing fresh metal causes corrosion but the product of that corrosion is the protective oxide layer

69
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What is erosion corrosion

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Where the passivating oxide layer is being continuously removed
If in bends of ss pipe it’s due to water continuously removing it

70
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Example of erosion-corrosion

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Bends in stainless steel pipe work

71
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What is weld decay

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Heat from welding can cause the stainless steel on either sid of the weld to corrode

72
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Why does weld decay occur?

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Due to chromium segregating at the grain boundaries due to heat treatment

73
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What is plating

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Protective coating over another metal

74
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What r the two common metals for plating?

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Chromium
Zinc

75
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What are the problems with coating (stainless steel)

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If a scratch penetrates the coating
If steel is exposed along with an electrolyte, it will set up an electrochemical cell

For chromium = bad - less reactive than steel
For galvanising = not bad - more reactive than steel

76
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What is cathodic protection

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Involves supplying electrons from an external source to the metal to be protected
Causes the metal being protected to now be the cathode

77
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Cathodic protection - two main ways electrons can be provided

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Sacrificial anode
Impressed current

78
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What are inhibitors

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Compounds that get dissolved in the water (low concentrations)
Used in closed systems

79
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Intelligent design?

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Design of components should be considered to help minimise corrosion

80
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Why are ceramics extremely resistant

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They are considered already corroded

81
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What are ceramics

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  • Considered as having already corroded, therefore very resistant to corrosion
  • Combination of a metal and a non-metal
82
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What happens to SiC when it corrodes

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  • Forms SiO2
  • Forms a passivating layer, protecting from further corrosion
83
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What are the 2 stages of glass corrosion

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Stage 1 - leaching
Stage 2 - silicate attack

84
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What is stage 1 of glass corrosion

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  • begins when water touches glass
  • sodium ions and hydrogen ions create NaOH
  • pH of water gradually increases
85
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Stage 2 glass corrosion

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  • occurs when pH is greater than 9.0
  • initially causes microscopic pitting and translucent haze
  • although optical properties of the glass are destroyed, mechanical properties remain intact
86
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What are the ways polymers degrade (3)

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  • swelling and dissolution
  • bond rupture
  • weathering
87
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What is swelling and dissolution

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  • small solvent molecules are absorbed into the polymer, disrupting secondary bondings
  • due to this, polymers will become soft, rubbery weak
  • during dissolution the polymer chains totally dissolve in the solvent
88
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What is bond rupture?

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  • polymers may also experience degradation from the scission of primary bond in the polymer chain
  • The scission can be in response to radiation, chemical reactions or thermal effects.
89
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What can lead to bond rupture

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  • radiation
  • chemical reactions
  • thermal effects (elevated temps)
90
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What is weathering

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  • complex process often involving a combination of all degradation sub types
91
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Draw a creep graph

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Draw

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