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Corrosion processes involve metal and environment properties through a variety of factors. From the metal side, chemical composition and microstructure play a major role. Chemical composition is also fundamental to define the electrolyte aggressiveness, together with its pH , temperature and the possible presence of bacteria. Other relevant operating conditions are pressure, fluid velocity, presence of mechanical stresses and exposure time. Even though is not easy to depict a general trend on how these factors influence corrosion , a rational approach is proposed for the interpretation, based on thermodynamics (equilibrium potential ) and kinetics (Evans diagrams ).
In corrosion science the number of affecting factors is often high and rarely easy to rank.
Roberto Piontelli (1909–1971) Italian eminent electrochemist
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Pedeferri (Deceased), P. (2018). Corrosion Factors. In: Corrosion Science and Engineering. Engineering Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97625-9_7
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