Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Chemical dissolution of iron in aqueous solutions

  • Published:
Russian Journal of Electrochemistry Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

By anodic oxidation of hydrogen on the Pt ring of a metal-disk-Pt-ring rotating electrode in aqueous acid (pH 0.5–3) sulfate solutions, it is shown that during the polarization of the metal disk hydrogen coevolves by two parallel reactions. One is the well known electrochemical charge transfer process, while the other one is a direct chemical reaction of the metal, i.e. iron, with water molecules from the electrolyte. This process was proposed a long time ago by Kolotyrkin and co-workers, but their experimental results were subjected to serious criticism which is taken care of in the present paper. The chemical reaction is potential- and pH-independent and, depending on the actual conditions during the corrosion processes (actual potential, pH, etc.), can be of greater or smaller importance in the overall process. The consequences of the existence of this direct chemical reaction of metal with water molecules (i.e. H2O-induced corrosion or chemical corrosion) on pitting and stress corrosion cracking of metals is discussed.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Florianovich, G.M. and Kolotyrkin, Ya.M.,Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1964, vol. 157, p. 422.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Kolotyrkin, Ya.M. and Florianovich, G.M.,Zashch. Met., 1965, vol. l, p. 7.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Kolotyrkin, Ya.M. and Florianovich, G.M.,Elektrokhimiya, 1973, vol. 9, p. 988.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Florianovich, G.M., Kolotyrkin, Ya.M., and Sokolova, L.A.,Proc. 3rd Int. Congr. on Metal Corrosion, Moscow, 1966, p. 190.

  5. Florianovich, G.M., Mikheeva, F.M., and Goryashkin, V.A.,Proc. Symp. on Dissolution of Metals and Alloys, Sofia, 1977, p. 1.

  6. Kolotyrkin, Ya.M. and Florianovich, G.M.,Z Phys. Chem., 1966, vol. 231, p. 145.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Knyazheva, V.M., Kolotyrkin, Ya.M. and Kruzhkovskaya, A.A.,Zashch. Met., 1970, vol. 6, p. 265.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Kolotyrkin, Ya.M. and Florianovich, G.M.,Glasnik Hem. Drustva, Beograd, 1983, vol. 48, p. 125.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Kolotyrkin, Ya.M. and Agladze, T.R.,Zashch. Met., 1967, vol. 3, p. 413.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Kolotyrkin, Ya.M. and Agladze, T.R.,Zashch. Met., 1968, vol. 4, p. 721.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Raichevskii, G.,Izv. Khim. BAN, 1978, p. 11.

  12. Chernikova, L.A., Vigdorovich, V.K., Tsigankova, L.E. and Glotova, R.V.,Zh. Prikl. Khim., 1978, vol. 51, p. 2190.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Staruchin, V.N., Prochorenko, E.N. and Blavatnik, V.M.,Zashch. Met., 1977, vol. 13, p. 120.

    Google Scholar 

  14. Kuznetsova, O.P., Grubenko, T.V. and Zhuk, N.P.,Zashch. Met., 1975, vol. 11, p. 321.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Straumanis, M.E., Welch, G.E. and James, W.J.,J. Electrochem. Soc., 1964, vol. 111, p. 1292.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Marsg, G.A. and Schaschl, E.,J. Electrochem. Soc., 1960, vol. 107, p. 960.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Bogoyavlenskii, V.I. and Korpachev, VS.,Zashch. Met., 1986, vol. 22, p. 39.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Zakroczymski, T. and Szklarska-Smialowska, Z.,J. Electrochem. Soc., 1985, vol. 132, p. 2548.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Vorkapić, L.Z. and Drazić, D.M.,Corros. Sci., 1979, vol. 19, p. 643.

    Google Scholar 

  20. Albery, W.I. and Hitchman, M.L., “Ring-Disk Electrodes,” London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1979, p. 17.

    Google Scholar 

  21. Jansen, L.J.J. and Barendrecht, E.,Electrochim. Acta, 1984, vol. 29, p. 1207.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Popic, J.P., Avramov-Ivić, M. and Drazić, D.M.,J. Serb. Chem. Soc., 1996, vol. 61, p. 1223.

    Google Scholar 

  23. Wagner, C. and Traud, W.,Z. Elektrochem., 1938, vol. 44, p. 391.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. Drazić, D.M., Drazić, V.J. and Jevtić, V.,Electrochim. Acta, 1989, vol. 34, p. 1251.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  25. Drazić, V.J. and Drazić, D.M.,J. Serb. Chem. Soc., 1992, vol. 57, p. 917.

    Google Scholar 

  26. Drazić, D.M. and Popić, J.P.,J. Appl. Electrochem., 1999, vol. 29, p. 43.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Tomashov, N.D.,Teoriya korozii i zashchity metallov (The Theory of Corrosion and Protection of Metals), Moscow: Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1959.

    Google Scholar 

  28. Drazić, V.J. and Drazić, D.M.,J. Serb. Chem. Soc., 1995, vol. 60, p. 699.

    Google Scholar 

  29. Korkashvili, T.Sh., Tsionskii, V.M. and Krishtalik, L.I.,Elektrokhimiya, 1979, vol. 15, p. 1383.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. Tsionskii, V.M. and Korkashvili, T.Sh.,Elektrokhimiya, 1980, vol. 16, p. 451.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  31. Korkashvili, T.Sh., Tsionskii, V.M. and Krishtalik, L.T.,Elektrokhimiya, 1981, vol. 17, p. 886.

    Google Scholar 

  32. Iofa, Z.A. and Tomashova, G.P.,Zh. Fiz. Khim., 1960, vol. 34, p. 1036.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  33. Iofa, Z.A.,Zashch. Met., 1970, vol. 6, p. 491.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  34. Makrides, A.C. and Hackermann, N.,Ind. Eng. Chem., 1953, vol. 47, p. 1773.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  35. Bailey, R.A. and Peterson, T.R.,Can. J. Chem., 1967, vol. 45, p. 1135.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  36. Bonhoeffer, K.F. and Heusler, K.E.,Z. Elektrohem., 1957, vol. 61, p. 122.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  37. Bockris, J.O’M., Drazić, D.M. and Despić, A.R.,Electrochim. Acta, 1961, vol. 4, p. 325.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  38. Florianovich, G.M., Sokolova, L.A. and Kolotyrkin, Ya.M.,Elektrokhimiya, 1967, vol. 3, pp. 1027, 1359.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Electrochemistry ICTM, Njegoseva 12, P.O. Box 815, YU-ll001, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

    D. M. Drazić & J. P. Popić

Authors
  1. D. M. Drazić
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. J. P. Popić
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

Dedicated to the ninetieth anniversary of Ya.M. Kolotyrkin’s birth.

This article was submitted by the authors in English.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Drazić, D.M., Popić, J.P. Chemical dissolution of iron in aqueous solutions. Russ J Electrochem 36, 1043–1050 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02757522

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02757522

Keywords

Search

Navigation