TRAINING ASSESSMENT DAY 1

1. What is the definition of An electrolyte Electrolyte is a substance which will conduct a current and breakdown by it i.e. dissociate into positive and negative irons. Corrosion Corrosion is the degradation of a material by chemical or electrochemical means. 2. If zinc and aluminium were in contact, which would corrode? Zinc 3. On a British Gas site, what material is used to blast clean Stainless Steel? Aluminium Oxide 4. Which health problem is associated with dry blasting using sand? Preumonicosis or silicosis 5. What is the minimum standard of cleanliness required by British Gas? SA 2.5 or ST2 6. How many photographs of blast clean standards are in BS 7079? 14 7. What is Mill scale, how is it caused, and what is its general thickness?

Mill scale is a thin, black, flaky, hard layer of oxidized iron formed at temperature in excess of 580deg during the rolling operation of steel sections .Thickness 25-100micron.

8. What are the three compounds found in mill scale? FEO also known as WUSTITE FE3O4 also known as MAGNETITE FE2O3 also known as HAEMATITE 9. What factors influence the rate of corrosion? Temperature, hygroscopic salts, Aerobic conditions (presence of oxygen). Acids and Alkalis, Bimetallic contact, Presence of bacteria on surface (sulphur reducing bacteria and metal eating nucrobes, SRB and MEM. 10. Describe the four rust grades A, B, C and D? GRADE A: Highly bonded (or new) mill scale. (Blue mill scale) with little or no corrosion. GRADE B: Some loose mill scale, which can be scrapped off, very light corrosion. GRADE C: Evident corrosion ,mill scale no longer present GRADE D: Steel surface on which mill scale has rusted away and on which general pitting is visible under normal vision.