The U. S. Department of Energy is studying the atmospheric corrosion performance of copper and other metals along the Oregon coast. Only the copper results will be presented in this paper. Atmospheric corrosion measurements of copper samples were made at seven bridges, eight coastal communities, and three inland reference sites to quantify and understand the effect of high chloride environments on the corrosion performance of copper. The materials were atmospherically exposed for 1, 2, and 3 years to examine the effects of sheltering, orientation, distance from the ocean, and coastal microclimates on the rate of corrosion and the composition of the corrosion film.

Subject
Films, Marine environments, Salts, Mass loss, Rivers, Corrosion products, Corrosion losses, Washing, Copper, Wind, Bridges, Drying, Samples
Keywords:
atmospheric corrosion, marine environments, microclimate, sheltering, copper, orientation, wet deposition, salts, fog, dew
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1998
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