carbonate coatings as protective barriers for pipe borne water transport material碳酸盐岩涂料作为管水运承担材料的防护屏障.pdfVIP

Journal of Minerals Materials Characterization Engineering, Vol. 11, No.6, pp.609-617, 2012 Printed in the USA. All rights reserved Carbonate Coatings as Protective Barriers for Pipe Borne Water Transport Material * Lasisi Ejibunu Umoru, Abimbola Oladipo, and Oladeji Oluremi Ige Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife,Nigeria * Corresponding Author: ige4usa@ ABSTRACT This paper presents the report of corrosion prevention study carried out on plain carbon steel lined with calcite, magnesium carbonate and dolomite as coats. Eight samples each of the steel were dipped into solutions of CaCO , CaCO and MgCO , and MgCO . Pipe borne water 3 3 3 3 obtained from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife water works was used as the environment. The corroded sample surfaces were subject to microstructural characterization using optical microscopy technique. The results obtained showed that the steel exhibited minimum corrosion rate of less than 0.5 mm/yr in dolomite, followed by MgCO3 and then by CaCO3 with corrosion rate far above 0.5 mm/yr bench mark. The unlined (control) samples have maximum corrosion rate of 0.8 mm/yr. the microstructures revealed widespread localized attacks and to a uniform corrosion. The dolomite lined samples are recommended for corrosion prevention of plain carbon steel in pipe borne water. Keywords: Plain carbon steel, Calcite, MgCO3, Dolomite and Microstructure 1. INTRODUCTI