Pit growth studies in stainless steel foils. II. Effect of temperature, chloride concentration and sulphate addition
Pit growth studies in stainless steel foils. II. Effect of temperature, chloride concentration and sulphate addition
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DOI:
10.1016/s0010-938x(01)00134-2
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发表时间:
2002-05
影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
P. Ernst;R. Newman
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作者:
P. Ernst;R. Newman
A foil technique was employed to view the development of two-dimensional pits in 304 SS at different temperatures and chloride concentrations, or in the presence of an inhibitor (sulphate). Decreasing the temperature to 10 ° C resulted in a dramatic change in pit morphology, with the development of porosity and oscillations in pit growth due to the onset of passivation in the pit environment. The effect of lowering the chloride concentration from 1 to 0.001 M was to promote pit growth in depth rather than width. The suppression of pit broadening appears to be an IR effect acting at the point where undercutting would occur to create the lacy pit cover in more concentrated solutions. The addition of sulphate to NaCl solution was shown potentially to stabilise pit growth despite the increase in pitting potential. All the results were compared with those obtained using one-dimensional pencil electrodes giving information on the geometrical effect of the pit cover.