Research Article

Effect of Induced Charge on the Passivity and Passivity Breakdown of 304LN Stainless Steels

Table 3

Corrosion data with and without induced charge below pitting potential.

Sample ( ) (mA/cm2)

Without charge in 0.15N KCl solution −0.250.19
With positive charge in 0.15N KCl solution −0.20.19
With negative charge in 0.15N KCl solution−0.20.24
Without charge in 0.2N KCl solution −0.410.27
With positive charge in 0.2N KCl solution −0.40.23
With negative charge in 0.2N KCl solution −0.40.3
Without charge in 0.25N KCl solution −0.380.28
With positive charge in 0.25N KCl solution −0.350.26
With negative charge in 0.25N KCl solution −0.30.29