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Electrochemical Corrosion of Stainless Steel in Thiosulfate Solutions Relevant to Gold Leaching

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This study aims to characterize the electrochemical corrosion behavior of stainless steel in the ammoniacal thiosulfate gold leaching solutions. Electrochemical corrosion response was investigated using potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, while the semi-conductive properties and the chemical composition of the surface film were characterized using Mott–Schottky analysis and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, respectively. The morphology of the corroded specimens was analyzed using scanning electron microscopy. The stainless steel 316L showed no signs of pitting in the ammoniacal thiosulfate solutions.

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The financial support provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Barrick Gold is greatly appreciated.

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  1. Lokesh Choudhary (Postdoctoral Fellow, Associate Engineer)

    Present address: Phillips 66 Company, Highway 60 and 123, Bartlesville, OK, 74006, USA

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  1. Department of Materials Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada

    Lokesh Choudhary (Postdoctoral Fellow, Associate Engineer), Wei Wang (Doctoral Student) & Akram Alfantazi (Professor)

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, The Petroleum Institute, P.O. Box 2533, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Akram Alfantazi (Professor)

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Choudhary, L., Wang, W. & Alfantazi, A. Electrochemical Corrosion of Stainless Steel in Thiosulfate Solutions Relevant to Gold Leaching. Metall Mater Trans A 47, 314–325 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-015-3202-z

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