Corrosion behaviour of bronze in urban environments: Influence of tin content

Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 334-339

  Gianni, L ^a,b   Cavallini, M ^b   Adriaens, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Copper alloys; Corrosion; Electrochemical techniques; Spectrocolorimetry

Indexed keywords

BRONZE CORROSION; CORROSION BEHAVIOUR; CORROSION PROCESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; SPECTROCOLORIMETRY; TIN CONTENT; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

BRONZE; CERIUM ALLOYS; COLORIMETRY; COPPER ALLOYS; CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TIN; URBAN PLANNING;

CORROSIVE EFFECTS;

EID: 84880802728     PISSN: 1478422X     EISSN: 17432782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743278213Y.0000000081     Document Type: Article

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