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PREDICTION OF PITTING RATES IN FERROUS METALS FROM SOIL PARAMETERS
Author(s) -
Rossum John R.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1969.tb03761.x
Subject(s) - ferrous , corrosion , pitting corrosion , electrical resistivity and conductivity , metallurgy , chemistry , materials science , mathematics , physics , quantum mechanics
From a consideration of pit formation chemistry, equations have been derived that correspond to empirical equations developed by the NBS corrosion group. The theoretical equations' derivations show how soil resistivity and pH affect corrosion rates.