Enhancing aluminum corrosion in water

J. Skrovan; A. Alfantazi; T. Troczynski

doi:10.1007/s10800-009-9862-x

Enhancing aluminum corrosion in water

J. Skrovan
, A. Alfantazi
, T. Troczynski

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

The University of British Columbia

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Abstract

For small particles of aluminum (<60 μm), a measurable percentage of the aluminum (>5%) is observed to corrode before passivation occurs at moderate temperatures (>50 °C) in de-ionized water within 1 h. Ball-milling of the aluminum powders with aluminum oxide or water soluble salts results in a significant increase in both the rate of corrosion and the extent of corrosion before passivation. The resulting release of hydrogen gas is of commercial interest for portable hydrogen supply systems. This paper investigates the effect of temperature increase, pH shift, and change of surface area during milling, on the corrosion rate of aluminum powders in water.

Original language	British English
Pages (from-to)	1695-1702
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Applied Electrochemistry
Volume	39
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-009-9862-x
State	Published - Oct 2009

Keywords

Aluminum
Ball-milling
Corrosion
Hydrogen

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