On the use of mercury-coated tips in scanning electrochemical microscopy to investigate galvanic corrosion processes involving zinc and iron

Corrosion Science

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 401-406

  Souto, Ricardo M ^a   González García, Yaiza ^a   Battistel, Dario ^b   Daniele, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. Iron; A. Zinc; C. Anodic dissolution; C. Oxygen reduction

Indexed keywords

ANODIC DISSOLUTION; C. OXYGEN REDUCTION; CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS; CORROSION PROCESS; GALVANIC CORROSION; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; ZINC DISSOLUTION; ZINC IONS; ZINC METAL;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CORROSION PREVENTION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; IRON; MERCURY (METAL); METAL COATINGS; MICROELECTRODES; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; ZINC;

ANALYTIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 83555163621     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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