Composition of both non-polluted and polluted seawater samples, given by the Spanish Institute of Geodesy.
Abstract
During a subsea volcano eruption, gases and thermal water emissions are released. This might change the behaviour of the materials that are in contact with the seawater caused by the decrease of the pH value. For this reason, the materials for marine applications are selected to maintain the integrity of the structure and to be corrosion resistant. In spite of this, corrosion can cause great damage to marine steel infrastructures such as bridges, wharfs, platforms and pipeline systems. These corrosion problems could be aggravated if the medium is altered, due to volcano emissions, since the resistance of the surface film is influenced by the environmental conditions.
Keywords
- submarine volcano
- corrosion
- water chemistry
- electrochemistry
- stainless steels
1. Introduction
The aim of natural hazard risk assessment is the evaluation of the extent and nature of risk in a particular area by evaluating potential hazards that together could harm people, property and services. Therefore, an effective natural hazard risk assessment requires the characterisation of both hazards and vulnerabilities of exposed elements [1]. Disasters such as the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in Iceland (2010), or the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan (2011), suggest the need for effective natural hazard risk management and sustainable development.
Threats and issues with volcanoes are important, around 600 million people are living in areas that could be affected by volcano eruptions [2]. Therefore, the assessment of the volcano impacts on the different areas together with volcanic monitoring can help to prevent and minimise losses associated with these natural disasters [3]. Among the issues related with volcanoes that can be assessed the effects on critical infrastructures are important. Critical infrastructure is defined as a network of man-made systems and processes that function collaboratively to produce and distribute essential goods and services [4] which are heavily relied upon by society for daily function. Critical infrastructures include electrical supply networks, water and wastewater distribution systems or terrestrial transportation systems. Changes in the chemistry of water sources in the area, tephra falls, lars and lava flows are some of the volcano hazards that can affect to the critical infrastructures. One of the hazards that can affect the critical infrastructures in both short and long term is the corrosion of structural materials.
According to the American Society for Testing and Materials, corrosion can be defined as ‘The chemical or electrochemical reaction between a material, usually a metal, and its environment that produces a deterioration of the material and its properties [5]’. Corrosion has serious economical, technological and safety consequences to society. From the economical point of view, it has to be taken into consideration all the costs related with over dimensioning during the design, inspection, maintenance and replacement of the equipment. Several studies performed in different countries have tried to determine the cost of corrosion [6, 7]. The most throughout of these studies was the one conducted in the United States in 1976 which found that the overall annual cost of metallic corrosion to the U.S. economy was $70 billion, or 4.2% of the gross national product [8]. Besides, any loss of mechanical properties in the metallic materials may lead to an accident with human or environmental consequences. Therefore, any risk-based inspection methodology has to consider the effect of corrosion on infrastructures, and if facilities are installed in areas with volcanic activity, the hazard effects of volcanoes have to be taken into account.
Corrosion is a well-established phenomenon in volcanically active areas [9, 10]. Hydrogen sulphide, gas, SO2, CO2 and other pollutants such as selenium, mercury and arsenic react with oxygen and the atmospheric moisture to produce volcanic smog and acid rain. Thus, those changes in the environment related with volcano eruptions can accelerate the corrosion of the surrounding infrastructures [11]. Specifically, widely distributed volcanic ash derived from explosive volcanic eruption creates short- and long-term hazards to infrastructures including exposed building materials such as metal roofing [12, 13]. The metal corrosion related with volcanoes has been attributed to volcanic ashes in several studies [14]. In order to study the effect of volcanoes on corrosion, Hawthorn et al. [10] installed a corrosion test site at the Kilauea volcano in Volcanoes National park of the island of Hawai in 2006. They monitored during 1 year the atmospheric conditions, rainwater chemistry and chlorides deposition. They also exposed some aluminium coupons to the volcano environment. After 1 year of experiments, they observed that the corrosion rate was seven times higher in the volcanic environment than in an industrial site in Oahu [10]. Oze and collaborators also checked the effect of the volcanic ashes on the corrosion of metal roof materials [15]. Increased corrosion of metal roofing from chemically reactive volcanic ash following ash deposition post eruption is a major concern due to the decreasing on the functionality and stability of roofs. They tried to obtain some quantitative information about corrosion rates by coating different materials with volcanic ashes; they could not observe clear trends in the corrosion rates with the performed experiments; however, they observed that in field situations, the corrosion was increased by the presence of volcanic ashes. Therefore, they concluded that volcanic corrosion could be a major problem and the experiments performed had to be improved in order to have into account all the circumstances that can be found in volcanic environments [15]. Therefore, the corrosion induced by the presence of volcanic activity is a problem that has to be taken into consideration during the natural hazards assessments.
However, not too much data have been published on the effect of subaquatic volcanoes on the corrosion of offshore structural materials [16, 17]. Subaquatic volcanoes are normal features on certain regions of the ocean floor. Some may be currently active and, in shallow water, show their actions by blasting steam and debris over the surface of the sea. Many others form at great depths where the weight of the water above them results in confining pressure preventing the violent release of steam and gases. They are estimated to account for 75% of annual magma output. The majority are located near areas of tectonic plate movement (ocean ridges). Submarine volcanoes inject large amounts of material of variable size, texture and chemical composition into the oceans [18]. The state of a submarine eruption evolves from ongoing magmatic activity to highly evolved hydrothermal systems. Some of the features observed during submarine volcanic eruptions are as follows: lava flows, bubbles of lava, lava debris, ash, pumice, steam-blast eruptions, hydrothermal vents, plumes of fine materials and dissolved gas, explosions and discolouration of seawater to light blue and reddish brown. Subaerial volcanos are well characterised; however, there is a lack of study of those in submarine settling [19, 20]. Direct observations of submarine eruptions have been scarce, as they normally occur in remote locations. The first registered underwater eruption was that of the NW Rota in the Southwest Pacific Ocean [21] in 2006. More recently, the dynamic of the Monowai underwater volcano has been described [22]. In all the cases, the carbonate system is modified and the pH reduced as a consequence of the emission of magmatic gas and other compounds [23].
Santiana-Casiano et al. [24] studied the eruption of the island of El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain) in 2011. This was the first submarine eruption to be monitored from the initial unrest. The eruption started in October 11, 2011, first evidence of eruption was observed in the form of a discolouration of the surface water in the area, going from light green to pale blue to a brown colour [24]. Those changes may be related to the discharge of high-temperature hydrothermal fluids as well as gases and volcanic particles [25]. Bubbling took place, and the presence of rock fragments was observed floating on the surface of the ocean during the initial steps of the eruption. During the strongest episodes of the eruption, an elevated quantity of dissolved inorganic carbon and a large decrease in the pH value of the surrounding water were observed. The lowest values of pH were concentrated in a layer of 75–100 m of depth; however, due to the intensity of the ejected gases, low values of pH reached the surface water. They also observed at some point during the eruption that the water chemistry of the entire southeast of the island was affected by the presence of the volcano. In April 2012, when the eruption stopped, the system evolved to a hydrothermal system and the pH of the area got to normal values and only some peaks of pH were observed around the area of the volcano [24]. Regarding the dissolved CO2, the concentration in the southeast of the island reached levels of 11,000–19,000 πatm, which was an important change in the chemistry of the water. The same rise was observed for sulphur species and oxidants. Therefore, in the event of the eruption of a submarine volcano and the subsequent hydrothermal activity, a change in the chemistry and properties of the seawater in the area should be expected (presence of CO2, H2S, SO2, Fe2+ and drop in the local pH). Not only submarine eruptions can change the local chemical-physical properties of the water but also passive emissions of gasses and acidic compounds to the environment in islands with volcanic activity can modify the water chemistry. Oceans are a significant store of CO2. They exchange it with the atmosphere and provide a reservoir for CO2. Therefore, the emissions of CO2 and other gasses to the environment due to the volcanic activity can decrease the local pH in harbours of volcanic islands.
Those changes can strongly affect the corrosion activity of seawater, raising the probability of corrosion of the metallic materials of the shore and offshore facilities. This corrosion could be generalised, in the case of non-passive materials or localised (pit formation) in the case of passive materials (stainless steels). Corrosion can cause great damage to marine steel infrastructures such as bridges, wharfs, platforms, ships and pipeline systems [26]. These corrosion problems will be aggravated due to the alteration on the chemistry of the water as a consequence of the volcano emissions [27]. Therefore, an adequate selection of the materials and a proper hazard assessment of the volcano effects are very important to predict how some of the critical infrastructures will be affected. Austenitic stainless steel grades 1.4401 (AISI 316) and its derivatives are suitable for shore and offshore service, splash zone applications and temporary immersion in seawater. Duplex stainless steels (e.g. 1.4462/ASTM S31803) may be used in estuaries where the chloride content of the water is lower than that of the open sea. Additionally, superduplex stainless steels (e.g. 1.4410/ASTM S32750) may also be used in direct and continuous contact with seawater (e.g. in offshore oil platforms or desalination plants).
There are some studies dealing with the passivation/corrosion processes of stainless steels in natural seawater [28, 29]. Corrosion studies can be performed in different ways; there are direct measurements (weight loss) and indirect measurements (electrochemical techniques). Electrochemical techniques are useful to evaluate the corrosion behaviour of different metals and alloys in a short period of time providing useful information about the corrosion mechanisms taking place.
According to this, the objective of this chapter will be to evaluate the influence of an underwater volcano eruption on the corrosion behaviour of different materials that might be used in seawater environments. In this way, the electrochemical behaviour of different stainless steels, that is AISI 316 SS and duplex SS, when immersed in solutions which have been polluted by volcano-seawater (collected from the volcano that erupted in the Atlantic Ocean near the island of El Hierro) have been studied. To achieve this objective, different electrochemical techniques have been used, notably open-circuit potential (OCP) measurements, polarization tests and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). All these techniques would make possible to achieve a comprehensive view of the corrosion behaviour of stainless steels in volcano seawater. These results may provide and insight in the corrosion effects of volcanic eruptions that could be used in the preparation of natural hazard risk assessments related with volcanoes. This approach has been presented for submarine volcanoes, but the same methodology could be applied to the assessment of corrosion risks due to subaerial volcanoes. In this book chapter, a whole section describing in detail the electrochemical techniques used in the characterisation of the studied stainless steels, has been included, so the readership could better understand the obtained results. These results are used to demonstrate, using electrochemical techniques, that volcano eruptions can negatively affect the lifetime of very important metallic infrastructures, such as harbours, and to establish a link between electrochemistry of materials and volcanology.
2. Electrochemical techniques
Since corrosion occurs via electrochemical reactions, electrochemical techniques are useful for the study of the corrosion processes. In these electrochemical techniques, a metal sample is used to model the metal in a corroding environment. The metal sample is immersed in a solution similar to the corroding environment of the metal that is being studied. Additional electrodes are introduced to the system to make an electrochemical cell, which allows measuring the different parameters to study the system. In order to evaluate the effect of volcano-polluted seawater on the corrosion behaviour of different alloys, several electrochemical techniques have been used and they are explained in this section. These techniques are open-circuit potential (OCP), polarization tests and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS).
2.1. Open-Circuit Potential (OCP)
The open-circuit potential (OCP) or corrosion potential is a parameter that indicates the thermodynamically tendency of a material to the electrochemical oxidation in a corrosive medium. According to the ASTM G-15 Standard [5], the OCP is the measured potential between the working electrode and the reference electrode at which there is no current in the circuit. In order to measure the OCP value of a metal, the studied material must be immersed in the solution and after a certain period it stabilizes around a stationary value. When the metal is immersed in the solution, the corrosion starts to occur and electrochemical reactions characteristic of the metal-solution interface take place at the surface of the metal (oxidation formation of a passive layer or immunity), which can produce variations of the OCP value during the stabilization [5, 30, 31].
2.2. Polarization tests
Polarization tests of a metal-electrolyte solution are used in order to characterize the metal by its current-potential relationship. Experimentally, the polarization tests involve changing the potential of the working electrode and register the current as a function of the potential obtaining potentiodynamic curves. Since the current density (the current divided into the area) can experiment high variations, the potentiodynamic curves represent the logarithm of the current density vs the potential [32]. The potential starts at a value lower than the corrosion potential (cathodic region) and increases in the anodic direction. In order to study the repassivation behaviour of a material, the direction of the cyclic potentiodynamic curve can be changed backward to cathodic potentials after achieving a certain current value (once the pitting potential was reached). Figure 1 shows as an example, a cyclic potentiodynamic curve, with the corresponding corrosion parameters that can be obtained from the curve.
When the metal is immersed in the corrosive medium, reduction and oxidation processes occur in its surface. Generally, the metal oxidizes (corrodes) and the medium is reduced both anodic and cathodic currents occur in its surface. If the anodic and cathodic currents are equals in magnitude (i.e. the rate of oxidation and reduction are the same), there is no net current to be measured. The potential at which the current is non-measurable is called corrosion potential (
At potentials more negative than the corrosion potential (
In order to calculate the current density (
In Eq. (1),
where
In the potentiodynamic curves, for applied potentials more positive than the ones of the cathodic region, in the materials that can be passivated, there is a region where the current density becomes constant (passivation current density,
As the applied potential continues increasing, the current density could experiment an abrupt increase and the passive layer could locally breaks by pitting corrosion if the medium contains aggressive ions. The potential at which the pitting corrosion starts is called pitting potential (
2.3. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy is a non-destructive technique that is used to study the metal/electrolyte interface. It consists of applying an electrical disturbance (potential) to an electrical circuit in a range of frequencies and measure the current response of the system to each frequency. The applied disturbance of potential can be expressed as a sinusoidal signal as Eq. (3) shows.
where
The impedance is the quotient of the applied potential and the measured current and it follows the Ohm law; therefore, it can be expressed as Eq. (5) shows.
where
Plotting the results of the impedances in a correct frequency range, it is possible to extract conclusions about the physical and chemical properties of the materials and the electrochemical systems. Two diagrams are typically extracted from the EIS measurements: Nyquist and Bode diagrams. In the Nyquist diagrams, the real and imaginary components of the impedance at different frequencies are represented. The Bode diagrams represent the log |
In order to solve the mathematical difficulties in the data treatment of the EIS, the results can be adjusted to an equivalent electrical circuit (Figure 2). These circuits try to represent the electrical characteristics of the model and are composed by basic elements such as resistances, capacitances and inductances.
3. Experimental procedure
In order to evaluate the influence of an underwater volcano eruption on the corrosion behaviour of different materials, a practical example is detailed in this chapter. In this way, the electrochemical behaviour of different stainless steels, that is AISI 316 stainless steel (SS) and duplex SS, immersed in volcano-seawater (collected from a volcano that erupted in the Atlantic Ocean near the island of El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain) have been studied. To achieve this objective, different electrochemical techniques have been used. That is OCP measurements, polarization tests and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). All these techniques would make possible to achieve a comprehensive view of the corrosion behaviour of stainless steels in volcano seawater.
3.1. Materials, solution and electrochemical cell
Experiments were performed in non-polluted (NPS) and polluted seawater (PS). Figure 3 shows the coordinates where the seawater samples were taken on December 19, 2011. The polluted water was obtained on the focus of the volcano. The non-polluted samples were taken at enough distance to avoid the influence of the pollutants spread by the volcano, following the suggestions of the Spanish National Geographic Institute. Additionally, Table 1 presents the main parameters of the non-polluted and polluted by the “El Hierro” volcano eruption seawaters. Prior to each experiment the pH and conductivity of the non-polluted and polluted seawater was measured. As shown in Table 1, the most substantial difference between both seawaters is pH.
Value | Unpolluted seawater | Polluted seawater |
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pH | 8.02 | 6.23 |
Conductivity (μS cm−1) | 65,850 | 66,400 |
Sodium (mg l−1) | 11,080 | 11,868 |
Potassium (mg l−1) | 438 | 447 |
Calcium (mg l−1) | 558 | 400 |
Magnesium (mg l−1) | 1486 | 1320 |
Sulphates (mg l−1) | 2400 | 2600 |
Chlorides (mg l−1) | 20,926 | 21,200 |
Bicarbonates (mg l−1) | 159 | 220 |
Carbonates (mg l−1) | 5.53 | 0.00 |
The composition in weight percent of the AISI 316 SS and duplex SS (Alloy 900) used in this work is presented in Table 2. The shape of the electrodes was cylindrical, and they have a diameter of 8 mm and a length of 5 mm. They were coated in polytetrafluoroethylene, having an exposed area to the solution of 0.5 cm2. The samples were wet abraded with different silicon carbide papers (from 500 to 4000), and they were finally cleaned with ethanol, distilled water and dried in air.
Cr | Ni | Mn | Mo | S | Si | P | C | Fe | Cu | N | Ti | |
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AISI 316 | 16.96 | 10.17 | 1.34 | 2.30 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 0.03 | 0.08 | Bal. | – | – | – |
Alloy 900 | 22.34 | 4.85 | 1.59 | 2.69 | – | 0.35 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 67.80 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.01 |
An electrochemical vertical cell made of glass was used to carry out the tests. A configuration of three electrodes was used to perform the electrochemical measurements, that is the stainless steel was the working electrode, a platinum wire was the counter electrode and a silver/silver chloride (Ag/AgCl 3M KCl) was used as reference electrode. All these electrodes were connected to a pontentiostat (Autolab PGSTAT302N). The electrochemical tests were repeated at least three times to verify reproducibility of the data obtained in the non-polluted and polluted seawater. The tests were carried out at 25°C.
3.2. OCP measurement and polarization tests
Before each polarization measurement, the open-circuit potential (OCP) was measured for 1 h in the test solution. The average value of the potentials recorded during the last 300 s was the value of the OCP. Afterwards, the potential was shifted to −0.25 VAg/AgCl with respect to the OCP, in order to start the polarization measurements. Then, the potential was scanned in the anodic direction until a value of current density of 10 mA/cm2 was obtained. In this moment, the potential scan was reversed. The scan rate used to perform the polarization measurements was 0.5 mV s−1.
3.3. EIS and capacitance measurements
EIS measurements were performed after forming a stable passive film on the surface of the samples at a constant applied potential (−0.1 VAg/AgCl) for 1 h. EIS measurements were conducted at that formation potential in the frequency range of 100 kHz–10 mHz, with a signal amplitude of 10 mV.
4. Results and discussion
4.1. OCP
The OCP value was calculated as the mean value of the last 5 min of the complete OCP register, which lasted 1 h. The OCP values obtained for the SSs in the different media (polluted and non-polluted seawater) are shown in Table 3. In relation to Table 3, it can be pointed out that there is no significant influence of the composition of the seawater on the OCP values. On the other hand, the OCP values obtained for Alloy 900 in the non-polluted and polluted seawaters are slightly more negative than those determined for the AISI 316 SS.
Seawater | AISI 316 | Alloy 900 |
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Non-polluted | −90 ± 7 | −161 ± 2 |
Polluted | −116 ± 4 | −155 ± 8 |
4.2. Polarization tests
One of the reproducible cyclic polarization curves obtained for the SS in non-polluted and polluted seawater are presented in Figure 4. From the polarization curves shown in Figure 4, several corrosion and repassivation parameters can be calculated. These parameters, all presented in Table 4, are the corrosion potential (
Seawater | AISI 316 | |||
Non-polluted | −230 ± 8 | 3.89 ± 0.32 | 309 ± 10 | −69 ± 11 |
Polluted | −239 ± 5 | 4.66 ± 0.11 | 302 ± 7 | −55 ± 15 |
Alloy 900 | ||||
Non-polluted | −203 ± 11 | 4.35 ± 0.44 | 1220 ± 47 | 990 ± 22 |
Polluted | −197 ± 6 | 5.02 ± 0.09 | 1200 ± 29 | 990 ± 30 |
The repassivation potentials were obtained at the crossing point between the backward and forward scans of the polarization curves. This parameter refers to the limit below which the material remains passive and active pits can repassivate. According to this, an
4.3. EIS measurements at an applied anodic potential
In order to characterise the electrochemical behaviour of the passive film/electrolyte interface for the two stainless steels under study, EIS measurements were performed at an applied potential of −0.1 VAg/AgCl in both non-polluted and polluted seawater, after a passive film was formed on the electrodes’ surface at the same potential. Figure 5 shows the EIS spectra of AISI 316 and Alloy 900 in the form of Nyquist and Bode plots. In all cases, EIS diagrams exhibit a typical passive state shape characterized by a semicircular shape and high impedance values in Nyquist plots, and by phase angle values close to 90° in Bode-phase plots, suggesting that a stable passive film is formed on all the electrodes [41, 42]. In general, higher impedance values are observed for passive films formed in non-polluted seawater (NPS). The highest impedances are obtained for the duplex stainless steel.
The equivalent electric circuit used to interpret EIS spectra of anodically formed passive films is shown in Figure 6. In this equivalent circuit,
where
A constant-phase element (CPE) representing a shift from the ideal capacitor has been used instead of the capacitance itself. The impedance of a constant-phase element is defined as:
where
The CPE used in the equivalent electric circuit of Figure 6 has been converted into a pure capacitance (
where
The parameters of the equivalent circuit obtained from the fitting procedure are shown in Table 5. The values of
χ2 (×10−3) | |||||||||
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AISI 316 | Non-polluted seawater | 5.4 ± 0.1 | 26 ± 4 | 16.2 ± 1.1 | 0.90 ± 0.01 | 295 ± 14 | 3.8 | ||
Polluted seawater | 4.8 ± 0.2 | 26 ± 3 | 24.8 ± 1.7 | 0.90 ± 0.01 | 207 ± 18 | 3.7 | |||
Alloy 900 | Non-polluted seawater | 4.7 ± 0.3 | 535 ± 30 | 12.4 ± 1.3 | 0.91 ± 0.01 | 753 ± 53 | 3.0 | ||
Polluted seawater | 4.9 ± 0.3 | 320 ± 11 | 18.3 ± 1.2 | 0.92 ± 0.01 | 544 ± 18 | 2.7 |
It can be observed from Table 5 that the charge transfer resistance at the interface,
On the other hand, the capacitance of the passive film/electrolyte interface,
Concerning the comparison between the protective properties of passive films formed on the two stainless steels under study,
5. Conclusion
The electrochemical techniques used in this work have been proved to be useful in order to study the corrosion behaviour of stainless steels in volcano polluted seawater. From polarization curves, it has been demonstrated that Alloy 900 is more resistant to pitting corrosion than AISI 316. Moreover, the decrease of the charge transfer resistance,
Comparing both stainless steels, it can be concluded that passive films formed on Alloy 900 present better protective properties than those of AISI 316 SS.
Acknowledgments
We wish to express our gratitude to the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Project CTQ2009-07518), to Prof. Dr. Aurora Santos López, Dr. Rosario Lunar Hernández and Dr. Jose Arnoso Sampedro (Instituto de Geociencias (CSIC, UCM)), Dr. Carmen López Moreno (Head of the Volcano Monitoring Unit, Spanish National Geographic Institute), Humberto Gutiérrez García (Head of the Civil Protection and Emergency Management Service of the General Directorate of Security and Emergencies of the Canary Islands) and Alejandro Ramos Fernández (Coordinador Multisectorial del Centro Coordinador de Emergencias 1-1-2 del Gobierno de Canarias) for their help in supplying both non-polluted and polluted seawater samples.
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