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The Electrolytic Mechanism of Corrosion

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Corrosion of Metals

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In this chapter, we shall verify the supposition that corrosion proceeds by the superposition of kinetically independent electrode half-reactions: anodic metal dissolution and cathodic reduction of an oxidizing species, such as hydrogen ions, or oxygen molecules, or others.

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  1. Institute for Materials Sciences, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058, Erlangen, Germany

    Prof. em. Dr. rer. nat. Helmut Kaesche (Chair for Surface Science and Corrosion)

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Kaesche, H. (2003). The Electrolytic Mechanism of Corrosion. In: Corrosion of Metals. Engineering Materials and Processes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96038-3_4

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