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The Effect of Hematite on the Corrosion Behavior of Copper in Saturated Red Soil Solutions

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The effect of α-Fe2O3 as a substitute for hematite on the corrosion behavior of copper in saturated red soil solutions was investigated by electrochemical methods and surface analysis. It was observed from experimental results that α-Fe2O3 was stably dispersed in the weakly acidic saturated red soil solutions without an electrochemical reaction with the immersed bare copper. The electrochemical results showed that the charge transfer resistance of each electrode increased first and then decreased as a whole in the same saturated red soil solution while the charge transfer resistance of copper electrodes increased with the addition of α-Fe2O3 from 10 to 50 g/kg. The addition of α-Fe2O3 mainly inhibited the cathodic corrosion behavior of copper. The characterization using SEM–EDS and XRD verified that the main component of the corrosion products was Cu2O on the copper surface in the saturated red soil solutions, with additional α-Fe2O3. α-Fe2O3 acted as a physical barrier to copper corrosion and prevented more dissolved oxygen from reaching the copper surface in the saturated red soil solutions. Therefore, a uniform and compact Cu2O film formed on the copper surface which protected the inner copper substrate from further corrosion. A copper corrosion mechanism was proposed for the saturated red soil solutions, with and without α-Fe2O3.

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The fitting data tables of EIS have been supplemented as follows (Tables 4, 5, 6, 7).

Table 4 The fitting data of EIS that copper soaked in the blank saturated red soil solution during 120 days
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Table 5 The fitting data of EIS that copper soaked in the saturated red soil solution with additional 10 g/kg α-Fe2O3 during 120 days
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Table 6 The fitting data of EIS that copper soaked in the saturated red soil solution with additional 30 g/kg α-Fe2O3 during 120 days
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Table 7 The fitting data of EIS that copper soaked in the saturated red soil solution with additional 50 g/kg α-Fe2O3 during 120 days
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Tan, Y., Liu, X., Ma, L. et al. The Effect of Hematite on the Corrosion Behavior of Copper in Saturated Red Soil Solutions. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 29, 2324–2334 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-020-04741-w

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