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2001 W.R. Whitney Award Lecture: Understanding the Corrosion of Stainless Steel
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In this paper, the anodic kinetics of the metal in the already-developed microenvironment of a pit can account for the effects of a large number of variables in pitting corrosion.Abstract:
In order to predict corrosion damage on passive metals, it is essential to use statistical methods and semi-empirical models, but at the same time we must maintain active inquiry into the fundamental deterministic processes that occur during localized corrosion. If it were the case that atomistic events occurring within the intact passive film were responsible for, say, the beneficial effect of alloyed molybdenum, then we would have a gigantic job to do. Luckily, it appears that the quality of the passive film mainly affects the nucleation frequency of pits and has little or no bearing on the effects of environmental or metallurgical variables: T, Cl−, Br−, H2S; Mo, N, σ …. We find that the anodic kinetics of the metal in the already-developed microenvironment of a pit can account for the effects of a large number of variables in pitting corrosion. Specifically, above the critical pitting temperature (CPT), the potential required to precipitate an anodic salt film in a cavity of relevant size is ...read more
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Modelling of pitting corrosion in marine and offshore steel structures – A technical review
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Pit growth studies in stainless steel foils. I. Introduction and pit growth kinetics
P. Ernst,Roger C. Newman +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a semi-quantitative model based on concentration gradients and active/passive transitions to explain pit growth, morphology and cover formation with the help of a semiquantitative approach.
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DISSOLUTION AND PASSIVATION KINETICS OF Fe-Cr-Ni ALLOYS DURING LOCALIZED CORROSION
R.C. Newman,H.S. Isaacs +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an artifical pit technique has been used to study the anodic and cathodic behavior of Fe-Cr-Ni alloys during localized corrosion in neutral chloride solutions, and active dissolution kinetics have been determined as a function of the concentration of the localized environment, and the conditions for passivation established.
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