Research Article

Effect of Mn Content and Solution Annealing Temperature on the Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steel Alloys

Table 3

Electrochemical corrosion data obtained when experiments were performed in 0.1 M NaCl + 0.1 M H2SO4 solution at room temperature, 25°C.

#AlloyCorrosion potential
/mVSCE
Corrosion current
/A
Pitting potential
/mVSCE
Critical anodic current
/A
Corrosion rate
CR/mpy

1Ni-5Mn (1030/2 h) −645.0 515.3 14.50
1Ni-5Mn (1050/0.5 h) −627.4 680.9 13.71
4Ni-1Mn (1030/2 h) −562.2 682.1 6.60
4Ni-1Mn (1050/0.5 h) −470.0 681.2 2.40