Research Article

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

Table 4

Corrosion data with and without induced charge above pitting potential.

Sample ( ) (mA/cm2)

Without charge in 0.15N KCl solution −0.250.23
With positive charge in 0.15N KCl solution−0.350.28
With negative charge in 0.15N KCl solution−0.35 0.42
Without charge in 0.2N KCl solution−0.40.49
With positive charge in 0.2N KCl solution−0.360.38
With negative charge in 0.2N KCl solution−0.30.62
Without charge in 0.25N KCl solution−0.350.61
With positive charge in 0.25N KCl solution −0.250.3
With negative charge in 0.15N KCl solution−0.30.68