A compound that causes oxidation, thereby itself being reduced.

Surface having a thin, tightly adhering, oxidized skin (from straw to blue in color), extending in from the edge of a coil or sheet.

The face-centered cubic form of pure iron, stable from 910 to l400

The development of loose removable powder at the surface of an organic coating usually caused by weathering.

A chemical process involving formation of a heterocyclic ring compound that contains at least one metal cation or hydrogen ion in the ring.

See exfoliation corrosion.

(1) An organic compound in which atoms form more than one coordinate bond with metals in solution. (2) A substance used in metal finishing to control or eliminate certain metallic ions present in undesirable quantities.

Progressive loss of original material from a solid surface due to continuing exposure to cavitation.

The process of prior removal of the active corrosive constituents usually oxygen, from a corrosive liquid by controlled corrosion of expendable metal or by other chemical means, thereby making the liquid less corrosive.

Corrosion that occurs under some coatings in the form of randomly distributed threadlike filaments.

Aging induced by rapid cooling after solution heat treatment.

A thin, not necessarily visible, layer of material.

Corrosion in which cobalt is selectively leached from cobalt-base alloys, such as Stellite

The ability of a solution to give satisfactory plating at very low current densities. a condition that exists in recesses and pits. This term suggests an ability to cover, but not necessarily to build up, a uniform coating, whereas throwing power suggests ...

A form of deterioration that is distributed more or less uniformly over a surface; See uniform corrosion.

The molecule, ion, or group bound to the central atom in a chelate or a coordination compound.

The chemical or electrochemical reaction between a material, usually a metal, and its environment that produces a deterioration of the material and its properties.

A state of resistance to corrosion or anodic dissolution of a metal caused by thermodynamic stability of the metal.

Electroplating tin on an object.

The test or specimen electrode in an electrochemical cell.