BackgroundThepowerindustryhaslongbeenplaguedwithcomplicationsandoutagesrelatedtocorrosionofplantcomponents.Priortothemid-sixties,corrosionofboilerwater-walltubeswasoneoftheprominentproblemsinpowerplants.Water-walltubescorrosionproceedingunderironoxidedepositcausedcausticgougingoracidicembrittlementoftubemetal.Manyboilertubesfailedbysuddenrupture.Fieldandlaboratorystudiesshowedthat,carbonatealkalinityandneutralsaltinboilermakeupwatertreated