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Study of passive films formed on mild steel in alkaline media by the application of anodic potentials
Materials Chemistry and Physics
— 2009 — Elsevier BV
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April 2009
Abstract
In this paper, iron oxide thin layers formed on mild steel substrates in alkaline media by the application of different anodic potentials were studied in order to characterize their morphology, composition and electrochemical behaviour, in particular under conditions of cathodic protection. The surface composition was evaluated by X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES). The morphology of the surface oxides was studied via Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). The electrochemical behaviour of the surface oxides was studied using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS). The results showed that the surface film is composed by Fe2+oxides and Fe3+ oxides and/or hydroxides. The contribution of Fe2+ species vanishes when the potential of film formation increases in the passive domain. Two distinct phases were differentiated in the outer layers of the surface film, which proves that film growing is topotactic in nature.
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Elsevier BV
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Materials Chemistry and Physics
First page or article number
962
Last page
972
Volume
114
Issue
2-3
ISSN
0254-0584
Fields of Science and Technology (FOS)
chemical-sciences - Chemical sciences
Keywords
- Condensed Matter Physics
- General Materials Science
Publication language (ISO code)
eng - English
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