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A steel pipe is connected to a copper pipe in a galvanic corrosion couple where the electrolyte is seawater. The corrosion current density of the steel pipe is 3.2 mA/cm2. If the surface area of the steel pipe is 5 cm2, calculate the total amount of charge transferred per hour. Also, calculate the weight loss of the steel pipe per year due to galvanic corrosion, assuming th

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First, we need to find the total current flowing through the steel pipe. We can do this by multiplying the corrosion current density by the surface area of the steel pipe.Total current  I  = Corrosion current density  Surface areaI = 3.2 mA/cm  5 cmI = 16 mA  1 mA = 10^-3  A I = 16  10^-3  ANow, we need to find the total charge transferred per hour. We can do this by multiplying the total current by the time in seconds.Total charge  Q  = Total current  TimeTime = 1 hour = 3600 secondsQ = 16  10^-3  A  3600 sQ = 57.6 C  Coulombs Now, we need to find the weight loss of the steel pipe per year due to galvanic corrosion. To do this, we need to find the number of moles of iron  Fe  that have been corroded. We can use Faraday's law of electrolysis to find this.Faraday's constant  F  = 96485 C/mol  Coulombs per mole of electrons Iron  Fe  has a valency of +2, so it requires 2 moles of electrons to corrode 1 mole of iron.Moles of electrons  n  = Total charge / Faraday's constantn = 57.6 C / 96485 C/moln = 5.97  10^-4  molMoles of iron  Fe  corroded = Moles of electrons / 2Moles of iron  Fe  corroded = 5.97  10^-4  mol / 2Moles of iron  Fe  corroded = 2.985  10^-4  molNow, we need to find the weight loss of the steel pipe. We can do this by multiplying the moles of iron corroded by the molar mass of iron.Molar mass of iron  Fe  = 55.85 g/molWeight loss per hour = Moles of iron  Fe  corroded  Molar mass of iron  Fe Weight loss per hour = 2.985  10^-4  mol  55.85 g/molWeight loss per hour = 0.0167 gNow, we need to find the weight loss per year.Weight loss per year = Weight loss per hour  Hours in a yearHours in a year = 24 hours/day  365 days/year = 8760 hours/yearWeight loss per year = 0.0167 g/hour  8760 hours/yearWeight loss per year = 146.292 g/year

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