Abstract
Metastable pitting upon 316L stainless steel was studied herein. The combination of electrochemical testing, in-situ imaging and ex-situ characterisation was carried out to address the following questions: Does each metastable pit site correspond to a single current transient or do multiple metastable pits occur at the same site? Is each recorded current transient a unique individual metastable pitting event? Does the calculated metal loss from electrochemical testing reconcile to physical damage? The results herein respond to these questions, and additionally, a user tool for analysis of metastable pitting is also presented herein.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 109004 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Corrosion Science |
Volume | 177 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2020 |
Keywords
- Electrochemical calculation
- Pitting corrosion
- Polarisation
- Potentiostatic
- Stainless steel