High-Temperature Oxidation and Corrosion Processes

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High-temperature oxidation and corrosion play an important role in the selection of materials for geological and aerospace applications.

Image of High-Temperature Oxidation and Corrosion Processes1 (SwRI staff expose alloy samples to remelted volcanic rock to evaluate the effects of magma on waste package material at high temperatures up to 1,250°C. Corrosion prediction for systems with extremely long design lives (on the order of tens of thousands of years) is important for assessing the performance of high-level radioactive waste geologic repositories.)

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) provides technical assistance for

Oxidation
Sulfidation
Nitridation
Molten salt corrosion
Protective coatings

State-of-the-art laboratory facilities and extensive computer modeling capabilities, as well as plant-site investigations and monitoring are used to meet client needs.

High-temperature oxidation and corrosion kinetics can be monitored using a state-of-the-art continuous-recording microbalance. SwRI’s thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) system has a heating furnace with 1,700°C temperature capability, and is supported by an associated data acquisition and analysis system. SwRI staff have extensive experience in evaluating high-temperature oxidation and corrosion mechanisms, as well as in the development of protective coatings to mitigate materials degradation.
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