Corrosion Engineering Interview Questions and Answers for freshers on “Effect of Temperature and Corrosive Concentration”.
1. The rate of chemical reaction increases with an increase in temperature.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a
Clarification: Temperature increases the rate of almost all the reactions because it increases the kinetic energies of atoms or ions. This increase in kinetic energy makes them react to each other to get stable products. It also increases the mobility of ions in the electrolyte.
2. What is the corrosion rate behavior of curve A with the increase in temperature, described in the given figure?
a) Constant
b) Exponential increase
c) Exponential decreases
d) Slightly decreases
Answer: b
Clarification: Curves A and B represent the corrosion behavior of different materials with an increase in temperature. Here curve A indicates the exponential increase in corrosion rate with the temperature. Example: Iron in hydrofluoric acid.
3. What is the corrosion rate behavior of curve B with the increase in temperature, described in the given figure?
a) Exponential increase
b) Exponential decrease
c) Constant up to high temperatures
d) Slightly decreases
Answer: c
Clarification: Here curve B indicates the uniform corrosion rate up to very high temperatures, this is due to the formation of protective oxide layers. At very high temperatures, it results in the transformation of trans passive region which increases the corrosion rate exponentially.
4. In which of the following reactions, we observe the exponential increase in corrosion rate with an increase in temperature?
a) 18Cr-8Ni in H2SO4
b) 18Cr-8Ni in HNO3
c) Ni in NaOH
d) Monel in HF
Answer: a
Clarification: Stainless steel (18Cr–8Ni) in sulfuric acid will corrode exponentially with the increase in temperature. Whereas stainless steel in nitric acid, nickel in sodium hydroxide, monel for hydrofluoric acid are the best corrosion-resistant materials in respective mediums and suffer less corrosion with the increase in temperature.
5. In which of the following reactions, we observe the unaffected corrosion rate with the increase in temperature?
a) 18Cr–8Ni in HNO3
b) 18Cr-8Ni in H2SO4
c) Ni in HCl
d) Fe in HF
Answer: a
Clarification: Stainless steel (18Cr–8Ni) in the HNO3 medium will have a negligible effect on the corrosion rate with the increase in temperature. It forms a stable oxide layer and avoids the exposure of a corrosive atmosphere to the metallic surface. It is stable up to very high temperatures.
6. What is the corrosion rate behavior of curve B with the increase in corrosive concentration, described in the given figure?
a) Exponential increases
b) Exponential decreases
c) Constant
d) First increases and then decreases
Answer: d
Clarification: The given figure represents the corrosion behavior of different materials with an increase in the concentration of the corrosive medium. Curve B represents the group of materials where the corrosion rate increases rapidly at first and then decreases with increases in corrosive concentration. This is due to the 1. formation of the passive layer 2. decrease in the ionization of acids.
7. What is the corrosion rate behavior of curve A with the increase in corrosive concentration, described in the given figure?
a) Almost constant
b) Exponential increase
c) Exponential decrease
d) First increases and then decreases