Research Article
Electrochemical Reduction of Industrial Baths Used for Electropolishing of Stainless Steel
Table 3
Critical pitting development potential Epit and the cathodic-anodic transfer potential EKA for samples electropolished in baths with and without ER.
| | Bath with ER | Bath without ER | EKA (VSCE) | Epit (VSCE) | EKA (VSCE) | Epit (VSCE) |
| Series 1 | –0.27 | 0.44 | –0.32 | 0.68 | –0.24 | 0.46 | –0.28 | 0.59 | –0.26 | 0.36 | –0.25 | 0.50 | –0.27 | 0.42 | –0.23 | 0.37 | –0.25 | 0.45 | –0.24 | 0.53 | –0.26 | 0.45 | –0.32 | 0.65 |
| Series 2 | –0.22 | 0.53 | –0.24 | 0.41 | –0.28 | 0.58 | –0.27 | 0.55 | –0.31 | 0.50 | –0.29 | 0.59 | –0.24 | 0.48 | –0.26 | 0.33 | –0.24 | 0.42 | –0.28 | 0.68 | –0.26 | 0.45 | –0.27 | 0.74 |
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