Research Article

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

Table 2

Electrochemical corrosion data obtained when experiments were performed in 0.5 M NaCl solution at room temperature, 25°C.

#Alloy Corrosion potential
/mVSCE
Corrosion current
/A
Pitting potential
/mVSCE
Passivation current
/A
Corrosion rate
CR/mpy

1Ni-5Mn (1030/2 h)−343.0 100
1Ni-5Mn (1050/0.5 h) −307.0 285.9
4Ni-1Mn (1030/2 h) −258.3 260.0
4Ni-1Mn (1050/0.5 h) −239.0 291.8