Copper and Aluminium Electrochemical Corrosion Investigation during Electrolysis and Heating from 20oC to 180oC

M.V. Yarmolenko; S.O. Mogilei

doi:10.15330/pcss.24.4.765-773

Authors

M.V. Yarmolenko Rauf Ablyazov East European University, Cherkasy, Ukraine; Scientific Research Institute of Armament and Military Equipment Testing and Certification, Cherkasy, Ukraine
S.O. Mogilei Rauf Ablyazov East European University, Cherkasy, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.24.4.765-773

Keywords:

electrochemical corrosion, electrolysis, electrocoagulation, copper, aluminium, mathematical modelling, metallic coating

Abstract

Our investigations show that electrochemical corrosion of copper is faster than electrochemical corrosion of aluminium at temperatures below 180°C and electric current density 3,000 A/m² (or 30 A/dm²=3 mA/mm²). We have obtained that aluminium anodes (cylindrical or spherical) dissolve into concentrated NaCl solution during electrolysis more rapidly with temperature increasing while copper anodes (cylindrical or spherical) dissolve more slowly with temperature increasing from room temperature to temperature 180°C. Electric current value also increases with temperature increasing. Really, such result is unexpected. General quantity of the H⁺ and Cl^- ions decreases during electrolysis at all temperatures since the H₂ and Cl₂ gases are formed near electrodes. It decreases electric current value on 1.3%. General quantity of the Cu⁺ and Cu²⁺ ions decreases with temperature increasing too. We guess that one reason only should be for electric current value increasing: average charge of copper ions increases from +1 at room temperature to +1.5 at 100°C and to +2 at 180°C while charge of aluminium ions remains the same +3. Corresponding mathematical model is proposed for the analysis, and literature experimental data are used too.

References

T. Kizaki, M. O, and M. Kajihara, Rate-Controlling Process of Compound Growth in Cu-Clad Al Wire during Isothermal Annealing at 483–543 K. Materials Transactions, 61(1), 188 (2020); https://doi.org/10.2320/matertrans.MT-M2019207.

C.S. Goh, W.L.E. Chong, T.K. Lee, and C.Breach, Corrosion Study and Intermetallics Formation in Gold and Copper Wire Bonding in Microelectronics Packaging. Crystals, 3(3), 391 (2013); https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst3030391.

B. Beverskog and I. Puigdomenech (1998). Pourbaix diagrams for the system copper-chlorine at 5–100 °C. SKI Rapport 98:19; (1998). https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/29/051/29051635.pdf.

B. Beverskog and S.-O. Pettersson (2002). Pourbaix Diagrams for Copper in 5 m Chloride Solution. SKI Report 02, 23 (2020); https://www.stralsakerhetsmyndigheten.se/contentassets/4b1ef76c4151413998c76becb6da0570/0223-pourbaix-diagrams-for-copper-in-5-m-chloride-solution-pdf-320-kb

T. Standish, J. Chen, R. Jacklin, P. Jakupi, S. Ramamurthy, D. Zagidulin, P. Keech, and D.Shoesmith, Corrosion of copper-coated steel high level nuclear waste containers under permanent disposal conditions, Electrochimica Acta, 211, 331 (2016); http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.05.135.

C. Lilja, F. King, I. Puigdomenech, Pastina B, Speciation of copper in high chloride concentrations, in the context of corrosion of copper canisters. Materials and Corrosion.; 72, 293 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1002/maco.202011778.

P. Zhou and K.Ogle, The corrosion of copper and copper alloys. Encyclopedia of Interfacial Chemistry: Surface Science and Electrochemistry, 478 (2018);. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409547-2.13429-8.

P. Zhou, M.J. Hutchison, J.R. Scully, and K. Ogle, The anodic dissolution of copper alloys: Pure copper in synthetic tap water. Electrochimica Acta, 191, 548 (2016); http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.01.093.

A.E. Broo, B.Berghult, T.Hedberg, Copper corrosion in drinking water distribution systems — the influence of water quality. Corrosion Science, 39 (6), 1119 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1016/S0010-938X(97)00026-7.

M.V. Yarmolenko, Copper, Iron, and Aluminium Electrochemical Corrosion Rate Dependence on Temperature. In F. Zafar, A. Ghosal, & E. Sharmin (Eds.), Corrosion - Fundamentals and Protection Mechanisms, 35 (2022); IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.100279.

M.V. Yarmolenko, Intrinsic Diffusivities Ratio Analysis in Double Multiphase Systems. Defect and Diffusion Forum 413, 47 (2021); Trans Tech Publications, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/ddf.413.47.

M.V. Yarmolenko, Intermetallics Disappearance Rate Analysis in Double Multiphase Systems. Defect and Diffusion Forum, 407, 68 (2021); https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/ddf.407.68.

M.V. Yarmolenko, Intrinsic Diffusivities Ratio Analysis in the Al-Cu System. Physics and Chemistry of Solid State, 21(4), 720 (2020); https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.21.4.720-726.

M.V. Yarmolenko, Copper and aluminium electric corrosion investigation and intermetallics disappearance in Cu-Al system analysis. Physics and Chemistry of Solid State, 21(2), 294 (2020), https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.21.2.294-299.

M.V. Yarmolenko Diffusion Laws and Modified Pascal’s Triangles. Defect and Diffusion Forum, 420, 3 (2022); https://doi.org/10.4028/p-k1ul2h.

Amina Othmani, Abudukeremu Kadier, Raghuveer Singh, Chinenye Adaobi Igwegbe, Mohamed Bouzid, Md Osim Aquatar, Waheed Ahmad Khanday, Million Ebba Bote, Fouad Damiri, Ömür Gökkuş, Farooq Sher. A comprehensive review on green perspectives of electrocoagulation integrated with advanced processes for effective pollutants removal from water environment. Environmental Research, 215(1), 114294(2022); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.114294.

Brahmi Khaled, Bouguerra Wided, Hamrouni Béchir, Elaloui Elimame, Loungou Mouna, Tlili Zied. Investigation of electrocoagulation reactor design parameters effect on the removal of cadmium from synthetic and phosphate industrial wastewater. Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 12(8): 1848 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2014.12.012.

Ossama Al-Juboori, Farooq Sher, Abu Hazafa, Muhammad Kashif Khan, George Z. Chen, The effect of variable operating parameters for hydrocarbon fuel formation from CO2 by molten salts electrolysis, Journal of CO2 Utilization, 40, 101193 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2020.101193.

Farooq Sher, George Z. Chen. Electrochemical Production of Sustainable Hydrocarbon Fuels from CO2 Co-electrolysis in Eutectic Molten Melts. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering,8, 12877 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c03314.

Nawar K. Al-Shara, Farooq Sher, Sania Z. Iqbal, Zaman Sajid, George Z. Chen. Electrochemical study of different membrane materials for the fabrication of stable, reproducible and reusable reference electrode. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 49, 33 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2020.01.008.

Mohd Hafiz Abu Hassan, Farooq Sher, Gul Zarren, Norhidayah Suleiman, Asif Ali Tahir, Colin E. Snape. Kinetic and thermodynamic evaluation of effective combined promoters for CO2 hydrate formation. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 78, 103313 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103313.

Farooq Sher, Nawar K. Al-Shara, Sania Z. Iqbal, Zaib Jahan, George Z. Chen. Enhancing hydrogen production from steam electrolysis in molten hydroxides via selection of non-precious metal electrodes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45(53), 28260 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.07.183.

Martin Khzouz, Evangelos I. Gkanas, Jia Shao, Farooq Sher, Dmytro Beherskyi, Ahmad El-Kharouf and Mansour Al Qubeissi. Life Cycle Costing Analysis: Tools and Applications for Determining Hydrogen Production Cost for Fuel Cell Vehicle Technology. Energies, 13(15), 3783 (2020). https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/15/3783.

Fan L, Wang F, Wang Z, Hao X, Yang N, Ran D. Study on the Influence of Surface Treatment Process on the Corrosion Resistance of Aluminium Alloy Profile Coating. Materials. 16 (17), 6027 (2023); https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16176027.

S. Mogilei, A. Honcharov, Y. Tryus, Solving Multimodal Transport Problems Using Algebraic Approach. In: Faure, E., Danchenko, O., Bondarenko, M., Tryus, Y., Bazilo, C., Zaspa, G. (eds) Information Technology for Education, Science, and Technics, ITEST 2022. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, 178, 83 (2023) Springer, Cham; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35467-0_6.

O. M. Skarboviychuk, V. O. Ovcharuk, and V. G. Fedorov (2008). Empirical functions of thermophysical characteristics of NaCl solutions as a function of temperature and concentration. Food industry, 7, 111 (2008); http://dspace.nuft.edu.ua/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1320/3/7-36.pdf.

M. Yarmolenko, S. Mogilei, Iron, copper, and aluminium electrochemical corrosion in motionless and moving electrolytes investigation during electrolysis, Results in Materials 20, 100479 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinma.2023.100479.

P. Asaithambi, D. Beyene, A.R.A. Aziz, et al. Removal of pollutants with determination of power consumption from landfill leachate wastewater using an electrocoagulation process: optimization using response surface methodology (RSM). Appl Water Sci, 8, 69 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-018-0715-9.

O. L. Olasunkanmi, Corrosion: Favoured, Yet Undesirable - Its Kinetics and Thermodynamics. Corrosion - Fundamentals and Protection Mechanisms: 15 (2022); https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.98545.

M.V. Yarmolenko, Rates of cylindrical and spherical copper anodes dissolving into concentrated NaCl water solution calculation during electrolysis and temperature increasing, International Journal of Thermofluids 21, 100539 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2023.100539.

M.V. Yarmolenko, S.O. Mogilei, Copper, Iron and Aluminium Electrochemical Corrosion Investigation during Electrolysis and Temperature Increasing, Defect and Diffusion Forum 429: 93-106 (2023); https://doi.org/10.4028/p-5pUGB3.