Soil corrosion of carbon steel samples buried up to hundred days close to a high voltage power transmission line tower was examined by weight loss vs. time. A higher weight loss was observed if the samples were electrically connected to the tower than if they were not. This was attributed to the influence of alternating current (AC) signals induced in the soil by the transmission line. This field study showed for the first time the influence of the AC power line on the buried structure of the tower, while other studies so far were focused only on AC corrosion of cathodically protected coated pipelines, running parallel to the transmission line. An improved method was used to measure weight loss by descaling in Clark solution. The new method substitutes discontinuous measurements, proposed in the ASTM-G1-90 standard, by in situ measurements of the weight loss during descaling, using a computer controlled microbalance.
Na produção de aços, cerca de 1% a 2% em peso é gerado como carepa. O grande volume deste resíduo sólido tem induzido estudos para reaproveitamento da carepa, usualmente gerando produtos com baixo valor agregado. Neste estudo, caracterizou-se a carepa proveniente da decapagem mecânica por roletes de fio máquina do aço SAE 1045 por MEV e por difração de Raios-X quantitativa (método de Rietveld), assim como por análise térmica diferencial, com o objetivo de desenvolver o processo de tratamento da carepa para posterior utilização como pigmento em tintas anticorrosivas de alto valor agregado. Razões de aspecto entre 1:50 e 1:100 foram obtidas no processo com transformação integral da carepa em hematita, o que permite a substituição de óxidos micáceos de ferro pelo produto obtido. Palavras-chave: Carepas; Óxidos micáceos de ferro; Tinta anticorrosiva; DRX-Rietveld.
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