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TY - JOUR
T1 - Corrosion due to differential aeration reconsidered
AU - De Gruyter, J.
AU - Mertens, S.F.L.
AU - Temmerman, E.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - By analysing current-potential curves, it is shown that, conversely to what is generally thought, differential aeration does not intrinsically cause accelerated corrosion of metals. Based on this finding, a reason for this probably general misconception in the scientific literature is sought. Finally, a possible explanation for macroscopic corrosion phenomena that are known to occur under circumstances of local oxygen depletion is formulated. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
AB - By analysing current-potential curves, it is shown that, conversely to what is generally thought, differential aeration does not intrinsically cause accelerated corrosion of metals. Based on this finding, a reason for this probably general misconception in the scientific literature is sought. Finally, a possible explanation for macroscopic corrosion phenomena that are known to occur under circumstances of local oxygen depletion is formulated. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
KW - Corrosion
KW - Differential aeration
KW - Misconceptions
KW - Electric currents
KW - Electric potential
KW - Oxygen
KW - Electrochemical corrosion
U2 - 10.1016/S0022-0728(01)00452-1
DO - 10.1016/S0022-0728(01)00452-1
M3 - Journal article
VL - 506
SP - 61
EP - 63
JO - Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
JF - Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
SN - 0022-0728
IS - 1
ER -