The photo-inhibition of localized corrosion on stainless steel in neutral chloride solution

D. D. Macdonald, E. Sikora, M. W. Balmas, R. C. Alkire

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Abstract

Passivity breakdown on Type 304 stainless steel in 1 M NaCl at ambient temperature is found to be inhibited by incident monochromatic UV light (λ. = 300 nm) at a power density of 58.5 μW/cm2. The observed photo-inhibition can be explained by the point defect model for passivity breakdown in terms of photoquenching of the electric field strength in the passive film.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)97-103
Number of pages7
JournalCorrosion Science
Volume38
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1996

Keywords

  • A. stainless steel
  • C. passive films
  • C. pitting corrosion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • General Materials Science

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