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Develop flowchart a n d a lg o rithms from already developed models ; and (ii) validation of the develop
s oftware.
Corresponding Author: Oyetunji A, Department of M etallurgical and M aterials Engineering, Federal University of
Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
E-mail: akinlabioyetunji @yahoo.com
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(2)
For H2 SO4
(3)
(4)
W here y = Corros ion rate in mil per ye a r (mp y ), x1 = Time in days , x2 = Cumulative weight los s in
milligrams (mg), x3 = PH, and x4 = Potential difference in millivolts (mV).
Software Development:
The s oftware named OYEA DE CORROM A NA GER 2007 was finally developed from already deve loped
and validated model as contained in equations 1-4 us ing the Vis ual Ba s ic P ro gramming language (Holzner,
1998, Schneider, 1999 and www.zdu.com) bec a u s e of its flexibility and us ers friendlines s . It involves des ign
of a flowchart and algorithm, creation of interfaces , s etting the controls properties and writing of codes .
The flowchart was developed as s hown in Fig. 1. The alg o rithm and coding were equally developed as
s hown in appendices 1 and 2. The databas e was create d a n d t h e in t e rface that allows for inputting of
parameters s hown in Fig 2 was equally developed for eas y us age.
Validation of the Developed Software:
The developed s oftware was validated us ing the exis ting experimental and s ome other d a t a with
c o n centrations of 0.5M and 2.0M in H2 SO4 and NaCl. This was done through s tatis tical analys is where t h e
us e of both correlation coefficient and s tandard erro r t e s ts were us ed. The res ults of thes e tes ts were s hown
in Tables 2 and 3. T h e s a mp le s o f o utputs printed for 0.5M and 2,0M for H2 SO 4 and NaCl res pectively were
s hown in Figs . 3 4.
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Fig. 1:
Flowchart for the Developed s oftware tha t es timates the corros ion rate of A us tempered Ductile
Iron.
Computer Configuration:
The developed s o ft w a re ru n s on any of thes e computer s ys tems : Pentium II, III, IV and M with Vis ta of
any of thes e minimum configurations of 10GB Capacity, 64M B RA M and printer.
RES ULTS AND DIS CUS S ION
Results:
The res ult of c h e mic a l a n alys is on aus tempered ductile iron was s hown in Table 1 and validation tes t
res ults w e re s hown in Tables 2 and 3. The flowchart was s hown in Fig. 1. The interface that allows for
input t in g of parameters was s hown in Fig 2 while Figs 3 and 4 s how the s amples of output res ults printed
from developed s oftware. The algorithm and coding were in appendices 1 and 2 res pectively.
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Fig. 2:
Fig. 3:
Discussions:
From the correlation coefficient and s tandard error tes ts res ults tes t s hown in Tables 2 and 3 all the
corros ion ra t e s (with and without weight los s ) for both numerical (data us ing model equations ) and
computerized data (data generated us ing developed s oftware) pos s es s ed high pos itive correlation. This s hows
that the data have excellent reliability (A deroba, 1995 and Okoko, 2000).
The s tandard erro r t e s t re s u lts for both numerical and computerized data in Tables 2 and 3 als o s howed
that there was good agreement between the t w o d a t a . A s n o n e of the s tandard error for any of the data
exceeded 8%, hence they can be neglected (Kus iak and Kuziak, 2002).
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S/N
1
2
3
4
5
S/N
1
2
3
4
5
Correlation Coefficient and Standard Error T ests Results of Corrosion Rate (with W eight loss) for ADI
and NaCl Media.
(a) H2 SO4
Media Concentration (M)
Correlation Coefficient
0.050
0.973
0.100
0.920
0.150
0.850
0..200
0.900
0..300
0.940
(b) NaCl
Media Concentration (M)
Correlation Coefficient
0.050
0.840
0.100
0.900
0.150
0.820
0..200
0.850
0..300
0.870
immersed i n H 2 SO4
Standard Error
3.500
3.850
4.050
3.600
3.500
Standard Error
3.600
3.100
3.900
3.500
3.300
S/N
1
2
3
4
5
Correlation Coefficient and Standard Error T ests Results of Corrosion Rat e (w i t h o u t W eight loss) for ADI immersed in H 2SO 4
and NaCl Media.
(a) H2 SO 4
Media Concentration (M)
Correlation Coefficient
Standard Error
0.050
0.820
4.300
0.100
0.800
4.100
0.150
0.815
4.150
0..200
0.840
3.850
0..300
0.835
3.950
(b) NaCl
Media Concentration (M)
Correlation Coefficient
Standard Error
0.050
0.860
2.300
0.100
0.825
3.600
0.150
0.837
3.500
0..200
0.840
3.420
0..300
0.857
3.310
Fig. 4:
Table 3:
S/N
1
2
3
4
5
The s oft w a re w o rked perfectly very well. It worked fas ter than any iteration methods . The numerical and
computerized data (with and without weight los s ) obtained us ing the s oftware for aus tempered d u c t ile irons
immers ed in 0.5M and 2.0M chloride and s ulphate media compared favorably with each other.
Finally, as there was good agreement between the numerical an d c o mp u t e rize d data for all the corros ion
rates (with and withou t weight los s ); the developed s oftware was valid and can be us ed to evaluate corros ion
rates (with and without weight los s ) properties of the aus tempered ductile iron s tudied.
Conclusion:
The objectives o f d e v e lo p ing s oftware that will rapidly es timate the corros ion properties of aus tempered
d u c tile iron were achieved. Hence, this work will provide quick information on the corros ion degradation o f
aus tempered ductile iron materials in corros ive environments .
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