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CONTENTS

Preface xvii

Acknowledgments xix

1 Introduction and Forms of Corrosion 1
1.1 General or Uniform or Quasi-Uniform Corrosion, 1
1.2 Galvanic Corrosion, 4
1.2.1 Factors involved in Galvanic Corrosion, 8
1.2.2 Galvanic Series and Corrosion, 9
1.2.3 The Nature of the Metal/Solution Interface, 10
1.2.4 Polarization of the Galvanic Cell, 10
1.2.5 Testing of Galvanic Corrosion, 13
1.3 Stray Current Corrosion, 13
1.4 Localized Corrosion, 14
1.4.1 Pitting Corrosion, 15
1.4.2 Poultice Corrosion, 17
1.4.3 Crevice Corrosion, 17
1.4.4 Filiform Corrosion, 18
1.4.5 Breakdown of Passivation, 19
1.4.6 Coatings and Localized Corrosion, 20
1.4.7 Electrochemical Studies of Localized Corrosion, 20
1.4.8 Potentiostatic Methods, 22
1.4.9 Prevention of Localized Corrosion, 22
1.4.10 Corrosion Tests, 23

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