Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2010
Journal/Book/Conference Title
International Journal of Corrosion
Volume
2010
DOI of Original Publication
10.1155/2010/279540
Date of Submission
September 2014
Abstract
Many aluminum and stainless steel alloys contain thin oxide layers on the metal surface which greatly reduce the corrosion rate. Pitting corrosion, a result of localized breakdown of such films, results in accelerated dissolution of the underlying metal through pits. Many researchers have studied pitting corrosion for several decades and the exact governing equation for corrosion pit degradation has not been obtained. In this study, the governing equation for corrosion degradation due to pitting corrosion behavior was derived from solid-state physics and some solutions and simulations are presented and discussed.
Rights
Copyright © 2010 David V. Svintradze and Ramana M. Pidaparti. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Is Part Of
VCU Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Publications
Comments
Originally published at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/279540