Abstract
THE EFFECT OF potassium dichromate as an inorganic inhibitor on the corrosion behaviour of Types 316 and 304 austenitic stainless steels in dilute sulphuric acid mixed with sodium chloride was studied at ambient temperature. The experiments were performed using potentiodynamic polarization, and this paper reports the observed electrochemical response. Different concentrations of the inhibitor were used. The results obtained show the effective corrosion-control performance of the inhibitor at the optimum level of concentration for the two stainless steels. Tafel and polarization resistance techniques were used to estimate the corrosion rate of each of the alloy samples tested.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 61-69 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Volume | 51 |
| No | 2 |
| Specialist publication | Corrosion Prevention and Control |
| State | Published - Jun 2004 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Metals and Alloys