The influence of rubidium (Rb), both in its metallic and oxidized states, on the corrosion resistance of steels has direct relevance to the storage of radioactive Kr-85 containing nuclear materials. Kr-85 undergoes a β-decay to generate stable, metallic Rb. The literature to date is sparse, contained primarily in company reports and divisive as to whether Rb metal, or its oxides, can lead to corrosion of steel materials. In both the direct storage of Kr-85 and used nuclear fuel that will contain Kr-85, if Rb is corrosive then continual decay of the Kr-85 will generate an increasingly corrosive environment for the steel canister it is stored in. This review was written to consolidate the known data to date on Rb corrosion of steels to identify consistencies, contradictions and remaining gaps in our understanding of the Rb: steel system.

metallic（Rb）的金属和氧化态对钢的耐蚀性的影响与含放射性Kr-85核材料的储存有着直接的关系。Kr-85经历β衰变以生成稳定的金属Rb。迄今为止，文献很少，主要包含在公司报告中，并且在Rb金属或其氧化物是否会导致钢材腐蚀方面存在分歧。在直接存储Kr-85和包含Kr-85的废核燃料中，如果Rb具有腐蚀性，则Kr-85的持续衰变将对其存储的钢罐产生越来越强的腐蚀性环境。撰写本文以巩固迄今为止有关钢的Rb腐蚀的已知数据，以识别我们对Rb：钢系统的理解中的一致性，矛盾和剩余的空白。