Corrosion under a porous layer: A porous electrode model and its implications for self-repair

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• 作者：Murali Sankar  ; Venkatraman  ; ;   ; ^{murali.s.venkatraman@gmail.com} ; Ivan S.  ; Cole ; Bosco  ; Emmanuel¹
• 关键词：Corrosion ; Porous electrode ; Oxygen reduction reaction ; Oxide films ; Diffusion ; Contact Potential
• 刊名：Electrochimica Acta
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：1 October 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：56
• 期：24
• 页码：8192-8203
• 全文大小：1219 K

文摘

A one-dimensional mathematical model for the corrosion of a metal surface under a porous layer (often an oxide layer) is presented using porous electrode theory. The model allows one to predict the rates of corrosion in a metallic system where oxygen reduction is the only cathodic reaction which occurs on the surfaces of both the metal and the porous oxide layer albeit at different rates. Thus the model simulates the scenario where the porous layer residing on the metal surface competes with or complements the oxygen reduction reaction happening on the metal surface. The study finds that a large thickness, low porosity, low oxide electrical conductivity, poor oxygen reduction on the porous layer, and high specific contact resistivity of the metal¨Coxide lead to poor spatial separation of the anodic and cathodic reactions and hence encourage self-repair. In particular the metal¨Coxide contact potential and the oxygen reduction rates on the oxide surface are shown to have profound implications for self-repair strategies for corrosion mitigation.