Optimum Cathodic Protection for Stainless Steel Shaft of Small-Size Boat

소형선박용 스테인리스강 축의 음극방식 응용

  • 배일용 (한국해양대학교 기관시스템공학부) ;
  • 박정대 (선박검사 기술협회) ;
  • 강대선 (선박검사 기술협회) ;
  • 이명훈 (한국해양대학교 기관시스템공학부) ;
  • 김기준 (한국해양대학교 기관시스템공학부)
  • Published : 2005.11.01

Abstract

Stainless steel has been stably used closed by passivity oxidation films($Cr_2O_3$) is made by neutral atmospheric environment. However, passivity oxidation films of the surface of stainless steel occasionally comes to be destroyed in seawater which is influenced by an environment having halogen ion like $Cl^-$, then, localization corrosion comes to occur. Stainless steel 304 for shaft system material of the small-size FRP fishing boat on seawater environments made an experiment on simulation of sacrifical anode(Al, Zn). Through these experiment and study, following results have been obtained ; According to the field inspection and corrosion simulation, the corrosion on the 2nd class stainless steel shaft(STS 304) in FRP fishing boat has been verified to occur by crevice corrosion and galvanic corrosion etc.. According to the comparison and analysis of Stainless steel 304 shaft materials after simulation leaving unprotected and applying cathodic protection, unprotected shaft specimen of stainless steel 304 was severely corroded, but, protected shaft specimen was not totally corroded. This result is assumed to be made by the facts that anodic reaction, $Fe{\rightarrow}Fe^{2+}$ + $2e^-$, has been restricted by the cathodic protection current of sacrificial anode material.

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