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Introducing a low-cost tool for 3D characterization of pitting corrosion in stainless steel

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Herein, we propose an approach to three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of corroded samples to have access to information about the shape, diameter, volume, depth, and spatial distribution of pits. For this purpose, a 304 stainless steel sample, after exposure to controlled corrosion conditions, was submitted to a sequence of polishing, surface image acquisition, and sample thickness measurement. This allows the 3D reconstruction of the sample using computational tomography. The analyses of the two-dimensional and the reconstructed three-dimensional images made it possible to evaluate all the geometric parameters of the pits as well as to compare these data with the electrochemical measurements recorded during the corrosion process.

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This work was supported by FAPESP (Grant 2013/07296-2), CNPq, and the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001.

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  1. Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luís, km 235 SP-310, São Carlos, SP, 13565-905, Brazil

    Dyovani Coelho, Aloadir L. S. Oliveira, Marcos A. S. Andrade Jr, Lucia H. Mascaro & Ernesto C. Pereira

  2. Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Trab. São-Carlense, 400 - Parque Arnold Schimidt, São Carlos, SP, 13566-590, Brazil

    Oscar A. Cuadros Linares, João E. S. Batista Neto & Odemir M. Bruno

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Coelho, D., Cuadros Linares, O.A., Oliveira, A.L.S. et al. Introducing a low-cost tool for 3D characterization of pitting corrosion in stainless steel. J Solid State Electrochem 24, 1909–1919 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-020-04586-2

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