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Evaluation of corrosion behaviour of biodegradable base oils using electrochemical techniques

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posted on 2015-01-01, 00:00 authored by Bhawna Khemchandani, A K Jaiswal, E Sayanna, Bruce HintonBruce Hinton, Maria ForsythMaria Forsyth
This paper describes an interesting attempt to quantitatively evaluate the corrosion behaviour of base oils using a novel approach based on electrochemical techniques. The present study evaluates the corrosion behaviour of biodegradable base oils with and without additives in an aqueous chloride solution using electrochemical measurements. Potentiodynamic polarisation and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy techniques were used to quantitatively determine the corrosion behaviour of these oils, and the results were compared to the conventional immersion tests. Both these electrochemical measurements were carried out in a three-electrode system where AS1020 mild steel alloy was used as a working electrode in a purpose made pipette cell. The results obtained from the electrochemical measurements help to evaluate the best biodegradable base oil for formulating eco-friendly industrial lubricants.

History

Journal

Corrosion engineering science and technology

Volume

50

Issue

2

Pagination

108 - 117

Publisher

Taylor and Franics

Location

Oxford, Eng.

ISSN

1743-2782

eISSN

1743-2782

Language

eng

Publication classification

C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2015, Taylor and Franics