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    This document contains a 3 question test on corrosion for a mechanical engineering course. [Question 1] asks to write half cell reactions and determine free energy changes for 4 electrode-electrolyte conditions and comment on the results. [Question 2] differentiates between activation and concentration polarization, discusses how corrosion rate, potential, and exchange current density are determined, and explains the importance of lines a and b in a diagram. [Question 3] briefly explains active, passive, and transpassive behavior of active-passive alloys, discusses the electrochemical behavior as oxidizer concentration changes between conditions 1-5 in a figure, and identifies which condition shows low and high corrosion rates based on the discussion.

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    This document contains a 3 question test on corrosion for a mechanical engineering course. [Question 1] asks to write half cell reactions and determine free energy changes for 4 electrode-electrolyte conditions and comment on the results. [Question 2] differentiates between activation and concentration polarization, discusses how corrosion rate, potential, and exchange current density are determined, and explains the importance of lines a and b in a diagram. [Question 3] briefly explains active, passive, and transpassive behavior of active-passive alloys, discusses the electrochemical behavior as oxidizer concentration changes between conditions 1-5 in a figure, and identifies which condition shows low and high corrosion rates based on the discussion.

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    FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA

    ________________________________________________________________________

    SEMESTER 1 2014/2015 SESSION

    TEST 1 : MKMB 2613 (CORROSION I)

    Answer all questions.

    QUESTION 1 (16 marks)

    Write the electrochemical half cell reactions for the following electrode-electrolyte conditions.
    Determine the free energy change for each reaction, assuming the standard states for all reactants
    and products. Give your comment on the results. (Faraday's Constant is 96500 C/mol and
    standard EMF is given in Table 1)

    (i) zinc and copper immersed in CuSO4 solution


    (ii) aluminium in air free sulphuric acid
    (iii) O2 + 4Cl- + 4H+ 2H2O + 2Cl2
    (iv) 2Al + 3ZnSO4 Al2(SO4)3 + 3Zn
    (16 marks)

    QUESTION 2 (18 marks)

    (a) Differentiate with the aid of schematic drawing between activation and concentration
    polarisation.
    (4 marks)

    (b) Discuss with the aid of a relevant diagram how the following parameters are determined;
    (i) corrosion rate in terms of current density, icorr .
    (ii) corrosion potential, Ecorr
    (iii) exchange current density, io
    (8 marks)

    (b) Explain how line a and line b (Figure 1) are drawn and briefly discuss on the importance of
    these lines in terms of corrosion behavior of the metals.
    (6 marks)

    Figure 1

    1
    QUESTION 3 (16 marks)

    Figure 2 shows the effect of oxidizer concentration on the electrochemical behavior of an active-
    passive metal.

    (a) Briefly explain the difference between active, passive and transpassive behavior of an
    active-passive alloy.
    (4 marks)

    (b) Explain the electrochemical behavior of the metal when the oxidizer concentration
    increases from (i) 6 to 5 (ii) 5 to 4 (iii) 4 to 3 and (iv) 3 to 1

    (8 marks)

    (c) Based on Question 3(b), which condition shows low corrosion rate? Which condition
    gives highest corrosion rate? Justify your answer.
    (4 marks)

    Figure 2

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