Atmospheric corrosion of metals in industrial city environment

Elzbieta Kusmierek; Ewa Chrzescijanska

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2015.02.017

Atmospheric corrosion of metals in industrial city environment

Data Brief. 2015 Mar 4:3:149-54. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2015.02.017. eCollection 2015 Jun.

Authors

Elzbieta Kusmierek¹, Ewa Chrzescijanska¹

Affiliation

¹ Lodz University of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry, ul. Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland.

Abstract

Atmospheric corrosion is a significant problem given destruction of various materials, especially metals. The corrosion investigation in the industrial city environment was carried out during one year exposure. Corrosion potential was determined using the potentiometric method. The highest effect of corrosion processes was observed during the winter season due to increased air pollution. Corrosion of samples pre-treated in tannic acid before the exposure was more difficult compared with the samples without pretreatment. The corrosion products determined with the SEM/EDS method prove that the most corrosive pollutants present in the industrial city air are SO2, CO2, chlorides and dust.

Keywords: Atmospheric corrosion; Corrosion potential; Industrial city environment; Metals; Surface morphology.