Passivation, local anodic depassivation and pitting corrosion of stainless steels in bulk and under thin phase layers of acid sulphate and neutral chloride solutions have been studied. A number of electrochemical, chemical, metallographic and physical techniques were employed in this study. The choice of stainless steels, test solutions and methods of investigations was based on scientific expediency and practical availability. For the first time in electrochemical and corrosion characteristics of passivation, local anodic depassivation and pitting corrosion of stainless steels were obtained in thin layers and compared with those in bulk electrolytes. It was demonstrated that the thickness of the electrolyte layer can influence the passivation process and, under certain conditions, the kinetics of pitting erosion. Several tests were conducted and results given. It was shown that the prognosis of corrosion behaviour of some stainless steels in sulphur dioxide contaminated atmosphere based on electrochemical measurements in bulk electrolytes can be erroneous. The same measurements carried out in thin phase layers enable more accurate prediction. However, the prognosis of the relative resistance of the stainless steels to pitting corrosion in the clean chloride-containing atmosphere may be based on conventional electrochemical measurements in the bulk of corresponding electrolytes / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/235919 |
| Date | January 1993 |
| Creators | Basman, Alexander R, University of Western Sydney, Nepean, Faculty of Science and Technology |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Source | THESIS_FIST_XXX_Basman_A.xml |
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