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Micro-electrochemical Approach for Corrosion Study

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Electrochemistry for Corrosion Fundamentals

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Structure of an interphase formed between a practical material and its surrounding environment is not uniform or homogeneous not only in normal direction to the interface but also in horizontal direction to the interface. This is due to heterogeneity of the material’s crystallographic structure such as crystallographic orientation of single grains, grain boundaries, and inclusions, presence of reaction product on the surface, and heterogeneous effects from the environment. Heterogeneous structure of the interphase leads to heterogeneous interfacial reaction and/or localized corrosion. For example, pitting corrosion occurs on stainless steel in aggressive anion-containing solution owing to local depassivation at the weak part of passive surface. Micro-electrochemical methods are effective to investigate heterogeneous interfacial structures and locally corroding surfaces even in corrosive environments. In this chapter, several micro-electrochemical methods developed and applied in the corrosion research field are introduced. Features of the methods in the application are described as well as the principle and experimental setup of the methods.

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  1. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

    Toshiaki Ohtsuka

  2. School of Materials and Chemistry Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

    Atsushi Nishikata

  3. Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

    Masatoshi Sakairi & Koji Fushimi

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Ohtsuka, T., Nishikata, A., Sakairi, M., Fushimi, K. (2018). Micro-electrochemical Approach for Corrosion Study. In: Electrochemistry for Corrosion Fundamentals. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6820-1_6

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