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Statistics of Pit Initiation: Analysis of Current Transients During Passive Film Breakdown

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Ugo Bertocci ,
S. Leigh ,
A. C. Van Orden  and
G. Yang
Ugo Bertocci
Affiliation:
Metallurgy Division, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg,MD 20899
S. Leigh
Affiliation:
Metallurgy Division, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg,MD 20899
A. C. Van Orden
Affiliation:
Metallurgy Division, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg,MD 20899
G. Yang
Affiliation:
Statistical Engineering Division, National Bureau of Standards, MD 20899
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Abstract

During the incubation period preceding pitting, current fluctuations indicate the beginning of the breakdown of the passive film. The charac- teristics of these current transients are being examined as a possible way to predict pitting. Stochastic models applied to the breakdown process have been proposed, and in order to test how well they account for the experi- mental results, various forms of processing of the current vs. time records are necessary. This paper describes the experimental data-taking methods, the processing routines so far developed for the statistical analysis of the data, and compares the experimental results with computer simulations based on a stochastic model.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 84: Symposium L – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management X , 1986 , 251
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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