1981 Volume 30 Issue 12 Pages 699-704
This report attempts to describe the main features of the present understanding of the mechanisms of corrosion under paint films. The resistance inhibition theory, in which high ionic resistance is responsible to protection action against corrosion, is examined. Emphasis is laid on the initiation process as well as the propagation process. New ideas of Funke are introduced to compensate for weak points of the resistance inhibition theory.