The Passive State in Our Reactive Metals-Based Civilization

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1143-1185

  Macdonald, Digby D ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Passive film growth; Passive state; Point Defect Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864755976     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-012-0281-7     Document Type: Article

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