Corrosion Resistance of Nickel and Nickel Alloys Against Acids and Lyes

Nickel and nickel–base alloys are vitally important to modern industry due to their ability to withstand a wide variety of severe operating conditions involving corrosive environments, high temperatures, high stresses, and combinations of these factors.
The present handbook compiles new and updated information on the corrosion behavior of nickel and nickel alloys in contact with the following aggressive media: acetic acid, alkanecarboxylic acids, carbonic acid, fluorine and hydrofluoric acid, formic acid, hydrochloric acid, mixed acids, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, alkaline earth hydroxides, lithium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide.
This compilation is an indispensable tool for all engineers and scientists dealing with the corrosion problems of nickel and nickel–base alloys.


This handbook contains comprehensive information, including tabulated data and references, on the corrosion properties of the following materials:
Nickel
Nickel–chromium alloys
Nickel–chromium–iron alloys (without Mo)
Nickel–chromium–molybdenum alloys
Nickel–copper alloys
Other nickel alloys (Si/Ti/Al/Mn/Zr)

The following corrosive media are considered:
Acetic acid
Alkanecarboxylic acids
Carbonic acid
Formic acid
Hydrochloric acid
Hydrofluoric acid
Mixed acids
Nitric acid
Phosphoric acid
Sulfuric acid
Alkaline earth hydroxides
Ammonia and ammonium hydroxide
Lithium hydroxide
Potassium hydroxide


Michael Schütze, born in 1952, studied materials sciences at the University of Erlangen–Nürnberg from 1972 to 1978, then joined the Karl Winnacker Institute of the DECHEMA as a research associate. He received his doctorate in engineering sciences from the RWTH (Technical University) in Aachen in 1983, completed his habilitation in 1991, becoming a member of the external teaching staff of the RWTH. Since 1998, he holds a professorship there. He was appointed director of the Karl Winnacker Institute in 1996 and Chairman of the executive board of DECHEMAForschungsinstitut in 2012. He is recipient of the Friedrich–Wilhelm–Prize, the Rahmel–Schwenk medal, the Otto–von–Guericke Prize, the Cavallaro medal, and the U.R. Evans Award, past Chairman of the Gordon Conference on Corrosion, editor of the journal Materials and Corrosion, Past–President of the European Federation of Corrosion, Past–President of the World Corrosion Organization and Chairman of the Working Party Corrosion by Hot Gases and Combustion Products of the European Federation of Corrosion.

Raul B. Rebak, born in 1956, studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Misiones between 1974 and 1982. He then received a national scholarship to work at the Argentine Commission of Atomic Energy between 1983 and 1988. In 1989 he joined The Ohio State University Materials Science Department where he received a PhD degree in corrosion and metallurgy in 1993. From 1996 to 2000 he worked as a corrosion engineer at Haynes International in Indiana and from 2001 to 2007 at the University of California Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In 2007 he joined General Electric Global Research Center in Schenectady, NY where he provides his experience in corrosion science and corrosion engineering applications in areas such as nuclear, oil and gas, energy storage, aviation, etc. Dr. Rebak has more than 30 years’ experience and published over 200 technical articles in corrosion. He is very active in technical societies and technical committees at ASTM International, NACE International, ASM International, TMS, etc. He is a Fellow of NACE International and The Corrosion Society.

Roman Bender, born in 1971, studied chemistry at the Justus Liebig University of Giessen from 1992 to 1997. After he received his diploma he joined the Karl Winnacker Institute of the DECHEMA in Frankfurt (Main) as a research associate. Since 2000 he is head of the group materials and corrosion at the DECHEMA and editor in chief of the world’s largest corrosion data collection, the DECHEMA Werkstofftabelle, and the Corrosion Handbook. In 2001 he received his doctorate in natural sciences from the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH Aachen). In 2008 Dr. Bender was appointed chief executive offi cer of the GfKORR The Society for Corrosion Protection. As well, in 2013 he has been appointed as the Scientifi c Secretary of the European Federation of Corrosion (EFC).