Analysis of Short-Term Steel Corrosion Products Formed in Tropical Marine Environments of Panama

Table 4

Two year results of the corrosion rates (μm y⁻¹).

Exposure time (months)	Tocumen			Sherman-Open			Sherman-Coastal			Sherman-Breakwater
	A-36	A-588	COR 420	A-36	A-588	COR 420	A-36	A-588	COR 420	A-36	A-588	COR 420
3	22.1	33.3	63.7	31.6	37.2	51.2	47.3	52.7	67.1	1011.4	801.0	177.9
6	41.8	38.8	48.0	33.9	44.5	55.0	42.5	42.3	67.1	963.0	664.2	358.6
9	38.1	39.1	34.1	36.8	37.4	29.3	37.0	36.0	44.6	771.0	504.3	456.6
12	38.5	35.2	38.3	42.2	36.6	39.8	48.9	40.9	42.6	718.8	469.3	473.1
24	24.4	37.2	19.6	26.7	22.2	17.5	40.2	29.9	—	654.6	561.8	523.6