The use of the Electrochemical Noise Analysis (ENA) for the evaluation of crevice corrosion is illustrated in the case of AISI 430 stainless steel in 3% sodium chloride. A crevice former was used in order to induce a crevice corrosion attack. Current and potential noise signals were simultaneously r
Online monitoring of crevice corrosion with electrochemical noise
✍ Scribed by G. Schmitt; K. Moeller; P. Plagemann
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 321 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0947-5117
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The time‐related cumulated noise charges extracted from the noise signals between two “identical” crevice electrodes yield a direct quantitative easy‐to‐interpret information on time‐related corrosion intensities in the crevice. A new software‐assisted method of noise data evaluation allows a “counting of coulombs” exchanged between the system electrodes, the results of which directly correlate with the metal dissolution intensity in the crevice. The versatility of this “CoulCount” method is demonstrated in a failure analysis on the cause of crevice corrosion at spigots of automotive cooling water pumps.
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