Published December 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Effect of Al and Ce oxide layers electrodeposited on OC4004 stainless steel on its corrosion characteristics in acid media

  • 1. Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Street, Bl. 11, 1113 Sofia (Bulgaria)
  • 2. Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia (Bulgaria)

Description

The changes in the corrosion characteristics of stainless steel OC4004 in 0.1 M HNO3 after electrodeposition of thin Al and Ce oxide films on it has been investigated. The Ce2O3-CeO2 layers have been found to possess a pronounced stabilizing effect on the steel passive state and on its corrosion resistance, respectively, whereas the Al2O3 layers do not improve considerably the corrosion behaviour of the SS/Al2O3 system. A twice-lower corrosion current was observed with a ternary SS/Al2O3/Ce2O3-CeO2 system in the passive region, while the zones of potentials, where the steel is in a stable passive state, are not changed. The obtained results permit the assumption that the cerium oxides layer acts as an effective cathode playing a determining role with respect to the improvement of the corrosion behavior of the steel. It has been concluded that when the SS/Al2O3/Ce2O3-CeO2 system is used in media containing nitric acid, the corrosion will proceed at potentials where the passive state of steel would not be disturbed

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.corsci.2006.04.008;
PII
S0010-938X(06)00145-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Corrosion Science
Journal Volume
48
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 4037-4052
ISSN
0010-938X
CODEN
CRRSAA

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Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.