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CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY OF CARBON STEEL IN CONCENTRATED SODUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION.

  • D. D. MacDonald*
  • , B. Roberts
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The potentiodynamic behavior of carbon steel in 1. 0 M, 2. 5 M and 5. 0 M NaOH at 20 plus or minus 2 degree C is reported. The peak potentials and curents were found to vary linearly with the square root of the potential sweep-rate. It is shown that the ″pore resistance″ model cannot account quantitativly for the cyclic voltammetric behavior of iron in sodium hydroxide solution. However, the sweep-rate dependencies of i//p and E//p suggest that the growth of the film on the surface occurs via an essentially resistive mechanism, which possibly involves the low field migration of ions through an oxide/hydroxide lattice.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)78-786
Number of pages709
JournalElectrochimica Acta
Volume23
Issue number8
StatePublished - 1978

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Electrochemistry

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