TY - JOUR A1 - Hassler, J. A1 - Barth, P. A1 - Richter, Silke A1 - Matschat, Ralf T1 - Determination of trace elements in high-purity copper by ETV-ICP OES using halocarbons as chemical modifiers N2 - Inspired by the globule arc technique a new electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ETV-ICP OES) method was developed for the analysis of high-purity copper materials. The performance of the method was investigated for the analytes Ag, Al, As, Bi, Cd, Co, Cr, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, P, Pb, S, Sb, Se, Si, Sn, Te, Ti, Zn and Zr. ETV parameters were optimized regarding the release of the analytes, the transport efficiency and the quality of analytical results in terms of precision, trueness and power of detection. The influence of CCl2F2, CHClF2, C2H2F4 and CHF3 as gaseous halogenation modifiers was investigated. A sufficient in situ analyte matrix separation was achieved by using CHF3 as halogenating reagent avoiding a high matrix input from the molten copper sample into the ETV system and the plasma. A complete release from the samples was obtained for all investigated analytes except Se and Te. Acceptable results for the determination of the trace elements Ag, Al, As, Bi, Cd, Co, Cr, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, P, Pb, S, Sb, Si, Sn, Ti, Zn and Zr in high-purity copper were achieved. The method includes a preceding sample preparation step of oxidizing the surface of copper samples which results in a significantly enhanced sensitivity. In addition to the calibration with copper samples, the feasibility of the calibration with liquid multi-element solutions was investigated. Except for Ag, Mg and Ni all analytes could be analyzed using aqueous calibration solutions. The trueness of the method was tested by the determination of analyte contents of certified reference materials. Limits of quantification ranging from 0.6 ng g-1 to 29 ng g-1 were achieved. The developed direct solid sampling method is time and cost effective and well suited for the characterization of high-purity copper materials. The method can be automated to a large extent and is applicable for processes accompanying analyses. In contrast to all other investigated trace elements, Se and Te were not released from the matrix at measurable levels under the used conditions. The determination of these elements is still under investigation and will be reported in a succeeding publication. KW - ETV KW - Copper KW - Impurities PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/c1ja10149h SN - 0267-9477 SN - 1364-5544 VL - 26 IS - 12 SP - 2404 EP - 2418 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - London AN - OPUS4-29615 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Knauer, S A1 - Le, Quynh Hoa A1 - Bäßler, Ralph A1 - Jaeger, P T1 - Contact angle and corrosion of a Water – CO2 system on X70 and S41500 at 278 K and pressures up to 20 MPa N2 - Interfacial properties related to wettability and corrosion in CO2 transport pipelines are experimentally determined by the sessile and the pendant drop methods. The contact angle of a water drop in a compressed CO2 atmosphere is analyzed on an X70 pipeline carbon steel and compared to that on a martensitic steel S41500 to elucidate the effect of corrosion process on active wetting behaviour. The measurements are performed with liquid CO2 at 278 K and pressures ranging from 5 to 20 MPa. The results show that the contact angle (CA) increases with pressure from 132 ° to 143 ° for S41500 and from 117 ° to 137 ° for X70 and decreases with drop age by 20 ° to 24 ° regardless of the pressure and of the fact that corrosion only occurs on X70, which is confirmed by scanning electron microscopy, element mapping and energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDS) analysis. At higher pressure, the contact angles on both materials converge. Further, related properties like density and interfacial tension were determined. CO2 - saturated water has a higher density than pure water: At 5 MPa saturated water reaches a density of 1017 kg⋅m^(-3) and at 20 MPa 1026 kg⋅m^(-3) compared to pure water with a density of 1002 kg⋅m^(-3) and 1009 kg⋅m^(-3), respectively. In this pressure range the IFT drops from 33 mN⋅m^(-1)at 5 MPa to 23 mN⋅m^(-1) at 20 MPa. KW - Carbon capture KW - Utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology KW - Contact angle KW - Wetting KW - Corrosion KW - Condensate KW - Impurities KW - Carbon steel PY - 2019 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583618309472?dgcid=author DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.06.021 SN - 1750-5836 SN - 1878-0148 VL - 89 SP - 33 EP - 39 PB - Elsevier, ScienceDirect AN - OPUS4-48601 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kratzig, A. A1 - Le, Quynh Hoa A1 - Bettge, Dirk A1 - Menneken, M. A1 - Bäßler, Ralph T1 - Early Stage of Corrosion Formation on Pipeline Steel X70 Under Oxyfuel Atmosphere at Low Temperature N2 - The early stage of corrosion formation on X70 pipeline steel under oxyfuel atmosphere was investigated by applying a simulated gas mixture (CO2 containing 6700 ppmv O2, 100 ppmv NO2, 70 ppmv SO2 and 50 ppmv H2O) for 15 h at 278 K and ambient pressure. Short-term tests (6 h) revealed that the corrosion starts as local spots related to grinding marks progressing by time and moisture until a closed layer was formed. Acid droplets (pH 1.5), generated in the gas atmosphere, containing a mixture of H2SO4 and HNO3, were identified as corrosion starters. After 15 h of exposure, corrosion products were mainly X-ray amorphous and only partially crystalline. In-situ energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction (EDXRD) results showed that the crystalline fractions consist primarily of water-bearing iron sulfates. Applying Raman spectroscopy, water-bearing iron nitrates were detected as subordinated phases. Supplementary long-term tests exhibited a significant increase in the crystalline fraction and formation of additional water-bearing iron sulfates. All phases of the corrosion layer were intergrown in a nanocrystalline network. In addition, numerous globular structures have been detected above the corrosion layer, which were identified as hydrated iron sulphate and hematite. As a type of corrosion, shallow pit formation was identified, and the corrosion rate was about 0.1 mma−1. In addition to in-situ EDXRD, SEM/EDS, TEM, Raman spectroscopy and interferometry were used to chemically and microstructurally analyze the corrosion products. KW - Corrosion KW - CCUS KW - In-situ ED-XRD KW - CO2 pipeline transport KW - Oxyfuel KW - Carbon steel KW - Impurities PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-506303 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8040421 SN - 2227-9717 VL - 8 IS - 4 SP - 421-1 EP - 421-19 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-50630 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Le, Quynh Hoa A1 - Bäßler, Ralph A1 - Bettge, Dirk T1 - On the corrosion mechanism of CO2 transport pipeline steel caused by condensate: Synergistic effects of NO2 and SO2 N2 - To study the effects of condensed acid liquid, hereafter referred to as condensate, on the CO2 transport pipeline steels, gas mixtures containing a varying concentration of H2O, O2, NO2, and SO2, were proposed and resulted in the condensate containing H2SO4 and HNO3 with the pH ranging from 0.5 to 2.5. By exposing the pipeline steel to the synthetic condensate with different concentration of acidic components, the corrosion kinetic is significantly changed. Reaction kinetic was studied using electrochemical methods coupled with water analysis and compared with surface analysis (scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray diffractometry (XRD)) of corroded coupons. The results showed that, although the condensation of NO2 in the form of HNO3 causes faster general corrosion rate, it is the condensation of SO2 in the form of H2SO4 or the combination of SO2 and NO2 that may cause much more severe problems in the form of localized and pitting corrosions. The resulting corrosion forms were depended on the chemical nature of acids and their concentration at the same investigated pH. The effects of changing CO2 flow rate and renewing condensate on pitting corrosion were further studied. KW - Carbon capture, utilization and storage technology KW - CCUS KW - Corrosion KW - Condensate KW - Electrochemical characterisation KW - Pitting corrosion KW - Impurities KW - Carbon steel PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-473685 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/12/3/364 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12030364 SN - 1996-1944 VL - 12 IS - 3 SP - 364, 1 EP - 17 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-47368 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Malz, Frank A1 - Jancke, Harald T1 - Purity assessment problem in quantitative NMR - impurity resonance overlaps with monitor signal multiplets from stereoisomers N2 - This paper describes the situation that can emerge when the signals to be evaluated in quantitative NMR measurements—so-called “monitor signals”—consist of several resonance lines from the stereoisomers of the analyte in addition to an impurity signal underneath. The monitor signal problem is demonstrated in the purity assessment of two samples of 2-(isopropylamino)-4-(ethylamino)-6-chloro-1,3,5-triazine (atrazine), a common herbizide which served as analyte in a CCQM intercomparison. It is shown that, in DMSO-d6 solution, a mixture of stereoisomers leads to several individual overlapping singlets, which are further split by spin–spin coupling. A measurement protocol was developed for finding and identifying an impurity that has a signal that is positioned precisely beneath the methyl signal chosen as the monitor signal in one of the samples. Quantitative NMR purity assessment is still possible in this special case, but with higher uncertainty. KW - Quantitative NMR KW - Monitor signal KW - Impurities KW - Atrazine KW - Purity assessment PY - 2006 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-006-0415-4 SN - 1618-2642 SN - 1618-2650 VL - 385 IS - 4 SP - 760 EP - 765 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-13713 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nöller, Renate T1 - Cinnabar reviewed: characterization of the red pigment and its reactions N2 - In the majority of cases, the red color of cinnabar on objects of cultural heritage is well preserved, though turning black is often claimed and has been the subject of investigations. To evaluate conditions for the stability of the pigment and understand the reactions, in this paper the problem is approached from various viewpoints. First of all the natural form cinnabarite is compared with the artificially prepared pigment vermilion. This establishes a differentiation of types in terms of quality, depending on structural impurities. With regard to the pigment’s reactions influencing the discoloration, the most commonly mentioned environmental factors, such as radiation or halogens, are evaluated. In relation to various usages, the pigment’s structural stability is then viewed in connection with adjacent pigments, glues, and the substrate, which may lead to a brown or black coloration or even the release of mercury, whereas the color is preserved in most cases when used on lime or in ink and lacquer. Due to the materials’ properties, attention is drawn to the fact that discoloration to a brownish-black is not necessarily a sign of damage and harmful reaction products, but may indicate good preservation of the painted material, provided that the mercury can be bound in the substrate. KW - Preservation KW - Cinnabar KW - Vermilion KW - Differentiation of cinnabar KW - Impurities KW - Color change KW - Photosensitivity KW - Halogens PY - 2014 DO - https://doi.org/10.1179/2047058413Y.0000000089 VL - 60 IS - 2 SP - 79 EP - 87 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - UK AN - OPUS4-44786 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rudtsch, S. A1 - Fahr, M. A1 - Fischer, J. A1 - Gusarova, Tamara A1 - Kipphardt, Heinrich A1 - Matschat, Ralf T1 - High-Purity Fixed Points of the ITS-90 with Traceable Analysis of Impurity Contents N2 - The International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) is based on thermodynamic equilibrium states of ideally pure substances. The largest contribution to the uncertainty budgets of most metallic fixed points is the influence of impurities on the fixed-point temperature. Therefore, a traceable chemical analysis of the remaining impurities with small uncertainty is the basis of further progress. Further requirements are better knowledge of the phase diagrams at very low impurity contents, impurity segregation, and the quantification and correction of thermal effects during a fixed-point realization. In this article, current and future activities at PTB and BAM in order to develop improved metallic fixed-point cells of the ITS-90 are reviewed. KW - Chemical analysis KW - Fixed points KW - Impurities KW - ITS-90 KW - Phase diagrams KW - Thermal effects PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-007-0358-9 SN - 0195-928X SN - 1572-9567 VL - 29 IS - 1 SP - 139 EP - 150 PB - Springer CY - Dordrecht AN - OPUS4-17455 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rudtsch, S. A1 - Gusarova, Tamara A1 - Aulich, A. A1 - Fahr, M. A1 - Fischer, J. A1 - Kipphardt, Heinrich A1 - Matschat, Ralf A1 - Panne, Ulrich T1 - Procedure for the impurity-related correction at the indium fixed-point N2 - Determining the influence of impurities on the fixed-point emperatures of the ITS-90 requires the completion of several tasks. In this paper, the Progress made at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) and BAMFederal Institute for Materials Research and Testing is presented and remaining questions are discussed. The projected characterization procedure at PTB, which is based on the established SIE method (sum of the individual estimates), using a new indium fixed-point cell is described as an example. This procedure includes an SI-traceable chemical Analysis of the material in the fixed-point cell with sufficiently low uncertainties, the individual experimental determination of the influence of the quantified impurities on the fixed-point temperature, and the establishment of direct links to the phase-transition temperatures of the national standard and of an assumed material of ideal purity. A characteristic difference to the common practice is the chemical analysis of the fixed-point metal being done after determining the cell’s freezing temperature. This allows for the detection and consideration of contamination and purification effects due to the filling process, or due to the contact with the carbon crucible and other parts of the fixed-point cell. A chemical analysis of an indium fixed-point was carried out by BAM with relative measurement uncertainties below 30 % which have not been previously achieved. The results provide evidence for the precipitation of some impurities, which is apparently inconsistent with the corresponding binary phase diagrams, but was explained in a recent publication. Implications for the use of the SIE method shall be described briefly at the end. KW - Chemical analysis KW - Fixed-points KW - Impurities KW - ITS-90 PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-011-0915-0 SN - 0195-928X SN - 1572-9567 VL - 32 IS - 1-2 SP - 293 EP - 302 PB - Springer CY - Dordrecht AN - OPUS4-23373 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rütters, H. A1 - Fischer, S. A1 - Le, Quynh Hoa A1 - Bettge, Dirk A1 - Bäßler, Ralph A1 - Maßmann, J. A1 - Ostertag-Henning, C. A1 - Wolf, J. L. A1 - Pumpa, M. A1 - Lubenau, U. A1 - Knauer, S. A1 - Jaeger, P. A1 - Neumann, A. A1 - Svensson, K. A1 - Pöllmann, H. A1 - Lempp, C. A1 - Menezes, F. F. A1 - Hagemann, B. T1 - Towards defining reasonable minimum composition thresholds – Impacts of variable CO2 stream compositions on transport, injection and storage N2 - To set up recommendations on how to define “reasonable minimum composition thresholds” for CO2 streams to access CO2 pipeline networks, we investigated potential impacts of CO2 streams with different and temporally variable compositions and mass flow rates along the CCS chain. All investigations were based on a generic “CCS cluster scenario” in which CO2 streams captured from a spatial cluster of eleven emitters (seven fossil-fired power plants, two cement plants, one refinery and one steel mill) are collected in a regional pipeline network. The resulting CO2 stream (19.78 Mio t impure CO2 per year) is transported in a trunk line (onshore and offshore) and injected into five generic replicate storage structures (Buntsandstein saline aquifers) offshore. Experimental investigations and modeling of selected impacts revealed beneficial as well as adverse impacts of different impurities and their combinations. Overall, no fundamental technical obstacles for transporting, injecting and storing CO2 streams of the considered variable compositions and mass flow rates were observed. We recommend to define minimum composition thresholds for each specific CCS project through limiting i) the overall CO2 content, ii) maximum contents of relevant impurities or elements, iii) acceptable variability of concentrations of critical impurities, and defining impurity combinations to be avoided. KW - Impurities KW - CO2 quality KW - Pipeline network KW - Whole-chain CCS scenario KW - Recommendations PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-543004 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2022.103589 SN - 1750-5836 VL - 114 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Elsevier CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-54300 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rütters, H. A1 - Stadler, S. A1 - Bäßler, Ralph A1 - Bettge, Dirk A1 - Jeschke, S. A1 - Kather, A. A1 - Lempp, C. A1 - Lubenau, U. A1 - Ostertag-Hennig, C. A1 - Schmitz, S. A1 - Schütz, S. A1 - Waldmann, S. T1 - Towards an optimization of the CO2 stream composition - A whole-chain approach N2 - CO2 streams captured from power stations or industrial plants may contain impurities that impact the consecutive steps of the CO2 capture and storage (CCS) chain. As the basis for an optimization of CO2 purity over the whole CCS chain, impacts of different impurities were investigated at key steps including studies on (i) corrosion of metallic materials in CO2 streams and brine, (ii) fluid and interfacial properties as a function of pressure, temperature and CO2 stream composition and their implications for CO2 transport, injection and geological storage, (iii) costs of different pipeline design options, (iv) geochemical alterations at typical reservoir conditions and their implications for geomechanical rock properties. Major findings are synthesized for two exemplary single source-single sink CCS chain scenarios involving CO2 stream compositions typical for pre-combustion capture and oxyfuel combustion. Recommendations for material selection for compression, transport and injection were derived for various CO2 stream compositions. To reliably control corrosion, a limitation of water contents to 50 ppmv is recommended for pipeline transportation of all CO2 streams. At geological storage conditions, the presence of either O2, NOx or SO2 only weakly affected fluid-mineral/rock interactions that still impacted geomechanical rock properties. KW - CCS KW - Impurities KW - Associated incidental substances KW - Pipeline design KW - Corrosion KW - Fluid-rock interactions PY - 2016 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583616305047 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.08.019 SN - 1750-5836 SN - 1878-0148 VL - 54 IS - 2 SP - 682 EP - 701 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-38401 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stockmann, Jörg M. A1 - Hertwig, Andreas A1 - Beck, Uwe T1 - Visualization of low-contrast surface modifications: Thin films, printed pattern, laser-induced changes, imperfections, impurities, and degradation N2 - Visualization of surface modifications may be very challenging for coating/substrate systems of either almost identical optical constants, e.g. transparent films on substrates of the same material, or minor film thickness, substance quantity and affected area, e.g. ultra-thin or island films. Methods for visualization are optical microscopy (OM), imaging ellipsometry (IE), and referenced spectroscopic ellipsometry (RSE). Imaging ellipsometry operates at oblique incidence near Brewster angle of the bare, clean or unmodified substrate. In this configuration, reflected intensities are rather weak. However, the contrast to add-on and sub-off features may be superior. Referenced spectroscopic ellipsometry operates in a two-sample configuration but with much higher intensities. In many cases, both ellipsometric techniques reveal and visualize thin films, printed-pattern, laser-induced changes, and impurities better than optical microscopy. In particular for stratified homogeneous modifications, ellipsometric techniques give access to modelling and hence thickness determination. Modifications under investigation are polymer foil residue on silicon, laser-induced changes of ta-C:H coatings on 100Cr6 steel, imperfections of ta-C:H on thermal silicon oxide, degradation of glass, thin film tin oxide pattern on silicon, printed and dried pattern of liquids such as deionized water, cleaning agents, and dissolved silicone. © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. T2 - International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (ICSE-7) CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 06.06.2016 KW - Optical microscopy (OM) KW - Imaging ellipsometry (IE) KW - Referenced spectroscopic ellipsometry (RSE) KW - Thin films KW - Impurities KW - Degradation PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.10.145 SN - 0196-4332 VL - 2017 IS - 421 SP - 807 EP - 812 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-42136 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -