Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Metal corrosion resistance evaluation method and evaluation device using in-liquid potential measurement
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Application No.: US14905048Application Date: 2013-07-22
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Publication No.: US10215686B2Publication Date: 2019-02-26
- Inventor: Kyoko Hombo , Kenya Ohashi , Masahiro Itoh , Mitsuharu Ikeda , Takeshi Fukuma , Naritaka Kobayashi , Shoichiro Ogata
- Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/069728 WO 20130722
- International Announcement: WO2015/011743 WO 20150129
- Main IPC: G01N17/00
- IPC: G01N17/00 ; G01Q30/14 ; G01Q60/30 ; G01N17/02

Abstract:
The objective of the present invention is to provide a corrosion resistance evaluation method and evaluation device that make it possible to estimate crevice corrosion depth and pitting depth in a short period of time. A corrosion resistance evaluation method according to the present invention is characterized in that the surface potential of a metal under evaluation is measured in a state in which the metal is immersed in a usage-environment liquid, the surface potential distribution of the metal is determined, the surface potential differences in the microstructure of the metal are calculated on the basis of the surface potential distribution, and the corrosion rate of crevice corrosion and corrosion rate of pitting are predicted using the maximum surface potential difference from among the calculated surface potential differences as an evaluation index for corrosion evaluation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160146719A1 Metal Corrosion Resistance Evaluation Method and Evaluation Device Using In-Liquid Potential Measurement Public/Granted day:2016-05-26
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