Passivation is the process of treating the metal with acids in order to remove the free iron from the surface of the metal and coat it with this corrosion-preventing oxide layer. This passive layer gets damaged through heat or chemical damage due to high humidity levels. This may lead to rusting of the parts of the flanged heater. Therefore, passivation may need to be regularly performed to prevent damage to the parts of the heater.
Though nitric acid is usually used to passivate stainless steel products, in recent times citric acid is being used. It is safer and has many advantages over nitric acid.
After passivation, various tests can be performed to verify whether passivation has been properly performed. This includes exposure to a salt-spray for up to two hours, or high humidity conditions for twenty-four hours. A commonly-used method of verification is to immerse the flange parts in a copper sulphate solution (CuSO4) for a period of six minutes and then rinse and examine the flange parts. If there is any pink color visible, it indicates the presence of free iron. This means the passivation process was not satisfactory.
Even though flange heaters and tanks may be made of stainless steel, the non-corrosive coating of the stainless steel often gets damaged because the flange heating equipment and the tanks are constantly exposed to hot water. Thus, flanged heaters need to be regularly passivated to maintain the non-corrosiveness of the equipment.
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