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EPSRC Reference: GR/K66208/01
Title: ADSORPTION & STABILITY OF CORROSION INHIBITORS ON DUPLEX STEELS: IN-SITU INVESTIGATION BY CHEMICAL FORCE
Principal Investigator: Castle, Professor JE
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Department: Engineering and Physical Sciences
Organisation: University of Surrey
Scheme: ROPA
Starts: 01 March 1996 Ends: 28 February 1999 Value (£): 135,855
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Surfaces & Interfaces
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We are measuring, for British Gas, the differential corrosion rates within duplex steels by use of atomic force micro-scopy (AFM) in HCI. We plan to use this system with its clearly difined austenitic and ferritic phases as a substrate on which to develop the use of in situ chemical force microscopy (CFM) for the study of inhibitors. We will gain the ability to map, in situ, the distribution of inhibitors on surfaces. This will be validated by ex situ techniques. A reliable technique for the study of adsorbed molecules, at high resolution, on immersed surfaces will have commercial significance.
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