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Passivity of 316L stainless steel in borate buffer solution studied by Mott-Schottky analysis, atomic absorption spectrometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

  • Zhicao Feng
  • , Xuequn Cheng*
  • , Chaofang Dong
  • , Lin Xu
  • , Xiaogang Li
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Science and Technology Beijing

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Abstract

The passivity of 316L stainless steel in borate buffer solution has been investigated by Mott-Schottky, atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results indicate that the polarization curve in the passive region possesses several turning potentials (0 VSCE, 0.2 VSCE, 0.4 VSCE, 0.6 VSCE and 0.85 VSCE). The passive films formed at turning potentials perform different electrochemical and semiconductor properties. Further, the compositions of the passive films formed at turning potentials are investigated. The results reasonably explain why these potentials appear in the passive region and why specimens perform different properties at turning potentials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3646-3653
Number of pages8
JournalCorrosion Science
Volume52
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • A. Stainless steel
  • B. AAS
  • B. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
  • B. Mott-Schottky plot
  • B. XPS

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