In situ synchrotron X-ray micro-tomography study of pitting corrosion in stainless steel

Corrosion Science

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2684-2687

  Ghahari, S Majid ^a   Davenport, Alison J ^a   Rayment, Trevor ^a,b   Suter, Thomas ^c   Tinnes, Jean Philippe ^a   Padovani, Cristiano ^d   Hammons, Joshua A ^a   Stampanoni, Marco ^e,f   Marone, Federica ^e   Mokso, Rajmund ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING AUTHORITY   (United Kingdom)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

A. Stainless steel; C. Pitting corrosion

Indexed keywords

A. STAINLESS STEEL; APPLIED CURRENT; CELL POTENTIAL; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-SITU; IN-SITU SYNCHROTRONS; MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY; MNS INCLUSIONS; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; PITTING;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 79959372869     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2011.05.040     Document Type: Letter

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