Currently, Korea is considering a disposal system based on Sweden’s KBS-3 model to dispose of high-level waste. The disposal system uses a multi-barrier concept to protect high-level waste with canister, buffer, backfill, and natural rock. In Korea, copper and iron are being considered for external and internal canisters, and bentonite is being considered as a buffer material. This is a similar choice to many overseas disposal systems. However, unlike the rolling, extrusion, and forging manufacturing methods being considered overseas for manufacturing external canister, domestic research is currently underway on manufacturing external copper canister using cold spray coating. The canister manufacturing method may vary depending on unit cost and manufacturing convenience. However, the properties of metal vary slightly depending on the manufacturing method of the metal. In this case, the characteristics of the canister may vary slightly depending on the canister manufacturing method, and eventually the corrosion resistance may also vary slightly. In order to understand how the copper canister manufacturing method affects corrosion resistance, corrosion rates were calculated and compared through electrochemical corrosion experiments at domestic groundwater ion concentration.

In molten salt reactor (MSR), liquid fuel integrated with the molten salt coolant is used to improve the safety, resulting in the prevention of the loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) that can occur in a pressurized water reactor (PWR). Because the structural materials used in MSRs are directly contacted with liquid fuel for a long time, they must have excellent corrosion resistance to the molten salt. Therefore, to examine the corrosion rates for Ni-based alloys in the molten salt, the corrosion experiments for alloy 600, alloy 617, and Hastelloy N were performed under LiCl molten salt at 635°C for 100 h in a glove box under Ar environment. Through a weight loss method for the three Nibased coupons before and after the corrosion tests, we evaluated their corrosion rates. Based on the results of weight loss for each alloy, we confirmed that Hastelloy N has the excellent corrosion resistance compared to the other alloys. Furthermore, the changes in the crystal structure and surface morphology with elemental distribution for the three alloys by corrosion in LiCl molten salt were analyzed, showing the variation in surface topography and the decrease in Cr element after corrosion experiments for all coupons.

간척지 내 토양은 염분농도 및 함수비가 일반지역에 비해 상당히 높기 때문에 간척지에 매입된 온실의 부재는 높은 부식 환경에 노출된다. 염해의 환경에서는 파이프 골조로 이루어진 온실의 기초 및 기초와 이어진 파이프에 부식을 촉진시키기 때문에 이에 대한 보수/보강 기술개발 및 효율적인 유지 관리가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 염해의 위험성이 높은 간척지에 적합한 온실의 유지관리, 보수/보강에 대한 기준을 마련하기 위한 기초자료로서 토양염분환경에서 온실부재의 부식속도를 측정하였다. 각 온실파이프는 염분농도가 0%, 0.1%, 0.3% 및 0.5%인 토양 및 수중환경에 관찰기간동안(480일) 노출시켜 부식속도를 측정하였으며, 그 결과 육안으로도 염분 농도에 따른 부식정도의 차이가 뚜렷하게 관찰되었으며, 시험편의 표면이 검은색의 부식현상과 함께 비교적 고르게 부식되는 균일부식의 형태를 나타내었다. 논토양의 경우 염분농도 0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5%에서 각각 0.008, 0.027, 0.036, 0.043mm·yr-1로 염분농도가 증가할수록 부식속도가 뚜렷하게 증가하는 경향을 나타내었고 밭토양의 경우, 염 분농도 0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5%에서 각각 0.0002, 0.039, 0.040, 0.039mm·yr-1의 부식속도를 나타내었다. 상대적으로 세립질이 많은 논토양에서 부식속도가 더 높은 것으 로 나타났으며, 이는 입경이 작고 고르게 분포하는 토양 에서 부식속도가 높은 일반적인 특성이 그대로 반영된 것으로 판단되었다. 간척지의 경우 토양의 입자의 세립 정도는 일반 내륙지역의 농경지 토양보다 높을 것으로 예상되기 때문에 파이프 부식에 대한 철저한 대비가 있 어야 할 것으로 판단되었다.

Zircaloy-4와 Zr-2.5Nb 합금의 부식에 미치는 냉각속도와 소둔온도의영향을 조사하기 위해서 여러 가지 방법으로 열처리된 시편에 대해서 autoclave 부식시험을 실시하였다. 냉각속도의 영향을 조사하기 위해서 시편을 1050˚C에서 30분 가열 후 염빙수냉, 수냉, 유냉, 공냉, 노냉의 방법에 의해 열처리하였으며, 소둔온도의 영향을 조사하기 위해서 α온도, α+β온도, β온도구역에서 열처리하였다. 500˚C부식시험 결과, Zircaloy-4합금에서는 nodule형 부식이 발생되는 반면에 Zr-2.5Nb 합금에서는 nodule형 부식이 발생되지 않았다. Zirfcaloy-4 합금에서는 nodule형 부식이 발생되는 반면에 Zr-2.5Nb 합금에서는 nodule형 부식이 발생되지 않았다. Zircaloy-4합금은 냉각속도가 빠를수록 내식성이 증가하는 반면에 Zr-2.5Nb합금은 냉각속도가 빠를수록 내식성이 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 또한 소둔온도가 증가할수록 Zr-2.5Nb 합금의 내식성은 감소하는 결과를 보였다. Zircaloy-4의 내식성은 Fe, Cr 원소의 기지내 분포와 석출물의 분포에 의해 지배를 받으며 Zr-2.5Nb 합금의 내식성은 기지조직내의 Nb 농도와 β-Nb상에 의해 지배를 받는 것으로 사료된다.

The durability of a steel floodgate can have disadvantage to corrosion damage, because it is often come in contact with high humidity condition. In this study, to evaluate the corrosion rate depending on installation environment of a steel floodgate, atmospheric exposure test was performed using corrosion environment measurement sensors and monitoring specimens. From the correlation between the mean corrosion depth and corrosion current, the corrosion rate was estimated depending on the installed environment for the member of a steel floodgate.

Steel water gate can be vulnerable to corrosion problem, since it is generally contacted with water or maintained with relatively high humidity condition. In this study, to evaluate the level of corrosion damage of water gate, corrosion exposure test was conducted using monitoring steel plate and monitoring sensor in actual steel water gate. From exposure test results, corrosion rate and corrosion environment were examined depending on the height or the structural type of water gate.

Background : This experiment was conducted to improve the farm income by decreasing the rate of corrosion and increasing the emergence rate by selecting the proper storage method of the medicinal crop seed root. Methods and Result : Ten kinds of medicinal crop seed roots of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fischer, Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, Codonopsis lanceolata, Platycodon grandiflorum, Atractylodes japonica, Angelica acutiloba, Adenophora triphylla, Rehmannia glutinosa, Angelica gigas and Cnidium officinale were used as test materials. In experiment 1, storage experiments were carried out using four treatments: untreated (dry in advance), untreated, filler (dry in advance) and filler. Drying in advance was carried for 2 days in dark place and the filler was vermiculite. For storage, in styrofoam box, seed roots were laid down in 3 replicates of 10 sets, stored in – 1℃ warehouse. The storage temperature was set as long as each seed root was not frozen investigating freezing point, supercooling point. As a result, the rate of corrosion was significantly lower in the 4th treatments (filler), such as A. japonica (30%) and A. gigas (10%), compared with untreated one. Therefore, in experiment 2, six treatments were carried out using filler. There were 6 treatments: filler disinfectant (dry in advance), filler disinfectant, filler biochar (dry in advance), filler biochar, filler disinfectant biochar (dry in advance) and filler disinfectant biochar. The disinfectant was used by metalaxyl-M at a concentration of 0.4 g/ℓ, and a biochar was used at a volume ratio of 50% (v/v). As a result, the rate of corrosion was significantly lower in the 6th treatment (filler disinfectant biochar), such as S. miltiorrhiza (13.3%) and C. lanceolata (6.7%). Conclusion : In storing medicinal crop root, it is better to store using fillers. It was shown that a mixture of filler and disinfectant biochar reduced the rate of corrosion.

In this study, corrosion potentials were evaluated according to the composition ratio of Zn-Al alloy. Alloys were fabricated according to the composition ratio of Zn-Al. The corrosion potential was measured according to ASTM B 627-84. As a result of the study, the measured value of corrosion potential tended to increase with increasing composition ratio of Al.

In this study, corrosion potentials were evaluated according to the composition ratio of Zn-Al alloy. Alloys were fabricated according to the composition ratio of Zn-Al. The corrosion potential was measured according to ASTM B 627-84. As a result of the study, the measured value of corrosion potential tended to increase with increasing composition ratio of Al.

As the industrial and urban development has been accelerated, the issues on Hazardous wastes (HWs) management have become important. HWs that are not included in the code lists are also managed by hazardous characteristics and determination methods in Korea. This study has been performed to investigate corrosive characteristics of hazardous wastes (HWs) depending on pH variations. We considered the type, discharge process and pH of the 14,000 corrosive waste dischargers, of which we visited 60 sites and collected 68 waste acid and alkali samples. Based on results using corrosive testing methods of the USA (EPA Method 1110A) and the Japanese environmental agency (Appendix 8 of the Japan Standard Methods on Specific HWs), it was found that, of total 54 waste acids with pH 2 or below, 47 samples by the USA EPA Methods, and 37 samples by the Japanese testing method exceeded the limit value of the corrosive rate, while 5 waste alkalic samples with pH 12.5 or above did not exceed the limit value of the corrosion rate. Besides, 9 samples with a pH higher than 2 and less than 12.5 failed to meet the corrosive rate limit. It was determined that 17 samples with a pH less than 2, which did not satisfy the standard corrosion rate, gained more weight, due to the acid deposition from acid gas on their exposed surface. Thus, it is assumed that the USA EPA Method is more strictly applicable than the Japanese Method.