Aging of copper pipes by drinking water

dc.contributor.authorLagos, GE
dc.contributor.authorCuadrado, CA
dc.contributor.authorLetelier, MV
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T13:10:56Z
dc.date.available2024-01-10T13:10:56Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractThermodynamic models were used to correlate experimental and field data for the concentrations of copper (Cu), anions, and cations in drinking water with Cu-containing scales on the inner walls of pipes. This study focused special attention on the aging processes of these scales. Precipitation and dissolution were predicted to be the main aging causes for Cu scales present on the inner walls of pipes. When data were grouped by the solid that controls solubility, the average 8-h stagnant Cu concentration in drinking water was found to decrease linearly with average pipe age. For these average values, langite was the most soluble and youngest film, followed in both solubility and age by cupric hydroxide, azurite, brochantite, malachite, and tenorite. The more stable solids-malachite and tenorite-were 8 and 16 times less soluble, respectively, than the most soluble solid, langite. Scales usually contained more than one compound, a finding that was attributed to temperature changes, variability of water composition, long stagnation periods, and aging. During the aging process, parts of a young scale surface area may be covered and blocked for further reaction by a precipitate. During long stagnation periods, such factors as changes in pH, oxygen, and carbon dioxide concentrations and precipitation of calcium solids may induce a different Cu compound precipitate.
dc.format.extent10 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.issn0003-150X
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/77965
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000172137300019
dc.information.autorucIngeniería;Lagos G;S/I;99352
dc.issue.numero11
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoSin adjunto
dc.pagina.final103
dc.pagina.inicio94
dc.publisherAMER WATER WORKS ASSOC
dc.revistaJOURNAL AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION
dc.rightsregistro bibliográfico
dc.subjectHYDROLYSIS
dc.subjectCORROSION
dc.titleAging of copper pipes by drinking water
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen93
sipa.codpersvinculados99352
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadCarga SIPA;09-01-2024
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