The influence of silicate and sulphate anions on the anodic corrosion and the transpassivity of iron and silicon-rich steel in concentrated KOH solution

Corrosion Science

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 204-212

  Čekerevac, Milan ^a   Simičić, Miloš ^a   Bujanović, Ljiljana Nikolić ^a   Popović, Negica ^a  

^a IHIS Techno Experts   (Serbia)

Author keywords

A. Iron; A. Steel; C. Alkaline corrosion; C. Anodic dissolution; C. Transpassivity

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE CORROSION; ANODIC DISSOLUTION; ANODIC LAYERS; CONCENTRATED KOH; IRON AND STEEL; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; SILICON-RICH STEELS; SULPHATE ANIONS; SULPHATES; TRANSPASSIVITY; XRD;

CORROSION; ELECTROLYTES; IRON COMPOUNDS; SILICATES; SILICON STEEL; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

IRON;

EID: 84865980874     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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