TY - JOUR AU - Rivero, S. AU - Chico, B. AU - de la Fuente, D. AU - Morcillo, M. PY - 2007/10/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Atmospheric corrosion of low carbon steel in a polar marine environment. Study of the effect of wind regime JF - Revista de Metalurgia JA - Rev. metal. VL - 43 IS - 5 SE - Articles DO - 10.3989/revmetalm.2007.v43.i5.81 UR - https://revistademetalurgia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/revistademetalurgia/article/view/81 SP - 370-383 AB - The present work studies the atmospheric corrosion of carbon steel (UNE-EN 10130) in a sub-polar marine environment (Artigas Antarctic Scientific Base (BCAA), Uruguay) as a function of site atmospheric salinity and exposure time. A linear relationship is established between corrosion rate and airborne salinity deposition rate, valid in the deposition range encountered (125-225 mg Cl<sup>–</sup>/m<sup>2</sup>•d), and a bilogarithmic relationship is established between corrosion and exposure time (1-4 years). Atmospheric salinity is related with the monthly wind speed average, based on the concept of the wind run. Chloride ion deposition rates of less than 300 mg Cl<sup>–</sup>/m<sup>2</sup>•d are related with remote (oceanic) winds and coastal winds basically of speeds between 1-40 km/h, while higher deposition rates (300-700 mg Cl<sup>–</sup>/m<sup>2</sup>•d) correspond to coastal marine winds of a certain persistence with speeds of between 41-80 km/h. ER -