THE ESTIMATION OF CORROSION RESISTANT OF ELECTROPLATED FUEL TANK ON PERTAMAX AND PERTALITE
Nani Mulyaningsih, Bima Bayu Tidarriano
Universitas Tidar
Abstract
Fuels are needed to run vehicles. The use of fuels by motorist seems to have an impact on corrosion rate of the fuel tank. Corrosion can result in perforated fuel tank and this can be dangerous for motorists. So that, further investigation related to the use of fuels on fuel tank corrosion resistant is essential. Previous research had already explored tank corrosion resistance (without surface treatment) using pertalite and pertamax and the finding showed that corrosion rate was quite high. Thus, in this current study, before testing the corrosion rate, the tanks were electroplated. It is expected that this could reduce the corrosion rate. This research was initiated with the preparation of material and tools, the cutting of fuel tank, and the electroplating of nickel. Then, it was followed by corrosion testing by using variety of pertalite and pertamax. The value of corrosion rates indicated corrosion resistance. The result of this study revealed that the corrosion rate of fuel tank using pertamax was smaller than that of pertalite. The value of corrosion rate of pertamax was 0.020 mmpy while the corrosion rate of pertalite was 0.023 mmpy.
Keywords: pertamax, pertalite, fuel tank, electroplating, corrosion
Topic: Mechanical Engineering