Earth’s Cryosphere, 2011, Vol. XV, No. 4, p. 48-50

INTENSIFICATION OF ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESSES AT THE METAL-ICE INTERFACE

A.V. Shavlov, A.D. Pisarev, A.A. Ryabtseva

Institute of Earth’s Cryosphere, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, PO box 1230, Tyumen, 625000, Russia; shavlov@ikz.ru

Electrochemical corrosion at the metal-ice interface has been explored in laboratory by measuring copper corrosion rates at the front of water crystallization, as well as the electrode potentials of some metals in water and in ice. The experimental data were used to test a numerically grounded model of corrosion acceleration at the crystallization front.

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