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1. Deposit and Gasket Corrosion:

• Deposit corrosion and gasket corrosion

are the terms used when a non metallic
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crevice
surface.

• A corrosive environment may be formed

by deposits.

• The deposits consists of mud, sand and

some insoluble solids or the products
formed after corrosion.

• For example: thermal insulation

coverings used to maintain temperature
in piping and containment vessels.
 
 2. Filliform Corrosion:

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of crevice corrosion there is a thread-like filament appearance that
and sometimes called underfilm forms under the coating. 
corrosion.

• This is generally observed under thin

organic coatings on steel, aluminum and • It usually initiates at scratches or other defects in
magnesium food and beverage cans , the coating and propagates laterally as narrow ,
packaging exposed to humid 0.05-3mm wide filaments under the coating
atmospheres. which consists of actively corroding head of
blue – green or gray color and tail of rusty red
• Filiform corrosion can occur in places indicating tail is aerated.
with conditions slightly above room
temperature and at a humidity level of
75%.
MECHANISM :

• The filament occurs on metals covered by

an organic film and because of a certain
discontinuity in the film, air and water
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penetrate through the coating and reach the
underlying metal.

• This adjacent humid layer becomes

saturated or rich in corrosive ions from
soluble salts, and forms the zone called the
active head of the filament.

• The metallic ions oxidize and form

compounds or corrosion products. These
zones are called tails.
• Corrosion occurs only in the filament head.
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The blue-green colour of the active head is
the characteristic colour of ferrous ions and
the red brown colourisation of the tail is due
to the presence of ferric oxide or hydrated
ferric oxide.

• Normally, the damage to the metal is not to a

large extent. However, there is the
detrimental effect to the appearance of metal
that has been corroded.
 EXAMPLE :

1. For instance, the filiform corrosion of

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that is white in colour, resulting in a tail.

2. On the other hand, the filiform corrosion of iron

tends to form a head that has a fluid that is green
in color and a tail of a red precipitate. 

Filiform corrosion gives the appearance of a series of small The only way to prevent this is to reduce the relative
worms under the paint surface. It is often seen on surfaces that humidity below nominally 60% , thereby
have been improperly chemically treated prior to painting dehydrating the filament cell along with improved
coating quality
INTERACTION BETWEEN CORROSION
FILAMENTS

• Corrosion filaments are initiated at the edges

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and tend to move in straight lines.

• Filaments do not cross inactive tails of

another filaments.

• So the corrosion filament upon striking the

inactive tail gets reflected.

• The possible cases of interactions are

illustrated in the figure.
 3. Atmospheric Crevice Corrosion:

Structural crevices
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other solutions , while the outer surfaces are
washed clean and become relatively dry
after periodic wetting.

The inner crevice surfaces are thus exposed

to corrosion for longer periods and are
therefore subject to greater attack.
Example :

Crevice corrosion of stainless steels in

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aerated salt solutions.

Corrosion products of Fe, Cr and Ni, the

main components of steel, accumulate in
the crevice and form very acid
chloride solutions in which corrosion rates
are very high

Crevice corrosion in stainless steel in sea

water service
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