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AWWA ACE68862

  • The Impact of Chloride, Sulfate, and Bicarbonate on Iron Release from an Old Iron Pipe
  • Conference Proceeding by American Water Works Association, 11/01/2008
  • Publisher: AWWA

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This powerpoint presentation begins by providing a brief overview of iron scales and iron release, the difference between corrosion and iron release, scale structure and composition, and iron release from corrosion scales. The study objective was to determine the impact of chloride,sulfate and DIC (bicarbonate) oniron release from an old cast ironpipe section. Experimental setup included the following: 90 year old cast iron pipe section (volume,diameter);sample from center of pipe after 23.5 hoursstagnation (72 hrs);measure REDOX, pH, DO, iron, metals(ICAP);slowly fill with adjusted deionized water (2liters); and,pH 8, DIC 10 and 50 mg C/L, 0 and 150 mgSO4/L, and 0 and 100 mg Cl/L. Key observations on iron release include the following:chloride and sulfate independently increasediron release (23.5 hour samples);increase (and decrease) were rapid;chloride and sulfate impact was NOTadditive;DIC decreased iron release (23.5 hoursamples);DIC countered impact of chloride and sulfate; and,Larson's ratio and iron release wereconsistent. Key observations on stagnation include the following:chloride and sulfate increased RATE of iron release(23.5 hour samples);diffusion, corrosion, dissolution rate;chloride and sulfate impact was NOT additive;sulfate did not impact final iron release levels followinglong stagnation times; chloride had little impact (ie.,iron solubility did not appear to be impacted);DIC countered impact of chloride and sulfate; and,DIC reduced iron solubility (impacted the nature of theiron minerals within the pipe scale). Includes figures.

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