Revisiting zinc passivation in alkaline solutions

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 192-201

  Thomas, S ^a,b   Cole, I S ^b   Sridhar, M ^c   Birbilis, N ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE CENTRE FOR NANOFABRICATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

FIB SEM; ORR; Oxide; Passivity; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; CATHODIC REACTIONS; FIB-SEM; FOCUSED ION BEAM-SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; ORR; PASSIVE FILMS; PASSIVITY; ZINC CORROSION;

ALKALINITY; OXIDE FILMS; OXIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE REACTIONS;

ZINC;

EID: 84875313977     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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