Designation:C1617−15StandardPracticeforQuantitativeAcceleratedLaboratoryEvaluationofExtractionSolutionsContainingIonsLeachedfromThermalInsulationonAqueousCorrosionofMetals1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationC1617;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticecoversproceduresforaquantitativeaccel-eratedlaboratoryevaluationoftheinfluenceofextractionsolutionscontainingionsleachedfromthermalinsulationontheaqueouscorrosionofmetals.Theprimaryintentofthepracticeisforusewiththermalinsulationandassociatedmaterialsthatcontributeto,oralternativelyinhibit,theaqueouscorrosionofdifferenttypesandgradesofmetalsduetosolubleionsthatareleachedbywaterfromwithintheinsulation.ThequantitativeevaluationcriteriaareMassLossCorrosionRate(MLCR)expressedinmilsperyeardeterminedfromtheweightlossduetocorrosionofexposedmetalcouponsaftertheyarecleaned.1.2Theinsulationextractionsolutionspreparedforuseinthetestcanbealteredbytheadditionofcorrosiveionstothesolutionstosimulatecontaminationfromanexternalsource.Ionsexpectedtoprovidecorrosioninhibitioncanbeaddedtoinvestigatetheirinhibitoryeffect.1.3Preparedlaboratorystandardsolutionsareusedasreferencesolutionsandcontrols,toprovideameansofcalibrationandcomparison.SeeFig.1andTable1.1.4Otherliquidscanbetestedfortheirpotentialcorrosive-nessincludingcoolingtowerwater,boilerfeed,andchemicalstocks.Addedchemicalinhibitorsorprotectivecoatingsap-pliedtothemetalcanalsobeevaluatedusingthegeneralguidelinesofthepractice.1.5Thispracticecannotcoverallpossiblefieldconditionsthatcontributetoaqueouscorrosion.Theintentistoprovideanacceleratedmeanstoobtainanon-subjectivenumericvalueforjudgingthepotentialcontributiontothecorrosionofmetalsthatcancomefromionscontainedinthermalinsulationmaterialsorotherexperimentalsolutions.Thecalculatednum...
