A Technique for Corrosion Testing in Liquid Lead

Abstract

A new testing technique has been devised which was found to be satisfactory for comparing the dynamic corrosion characteristics of a series of metals in liquid lead. The tests were conducted in small quartz thermal convection loops. The necessary apparatus was simple, easy to construct and relatively inexpensive. In addition the method afforded a means of studying metals such as chromium and molybdenum which, because of difficulties in fabrication or lack of oxidation resistance, could not be tested by more conventional techniques.