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Metal Passivity

Metal Passivity is a state of reduced chemical reactivity in a metal, characterized by the formation of a protective oxide layer on its surface, which significantly decreases the rate of corrosion under oxidizing conditions.

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Passivity–the key to our metals-based civilization

Digby D. Macdonald · Pure and Applied Chemistry · 1999 · 757 citations · Full text

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Unmasking chloride attack on the passive film of metals

B. Zhang, Jing Wang, Bin Wu et al. · Nature Communications · 2018 · 564 citations · Full text

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A Bipolar Model of the Passivity of Stainless Steel: The Role of Mo Addition

C.R. Clayton, Yi-Sheng Lu · Journal of The Electrochemical Society · 1986 · 490 citations

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Passivity of 316L stainless steel in borate buffer solution studied by Mott–Schottky analysis, atomic absorption spectrometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Zhicao Feng, Xuequn Cheng, Chaofang Dong et al. · Corrosion Science · 2010 · 437 citations

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Passivity and inhibition during the oxidation of metals at elevated temperatures

Carl Wagner · Corrosion Science · 1965 · 358 citations

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Authors

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  1. UR
    U. R. Evans

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 309 citations

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  2. DD
    Digby D. Macdonald

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    9 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. HH
    Herbert H. Uhlig

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    8 publications · 464 citations

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  4. CC
    C.R. Clayton

    Stony Brook University, United States

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. YL
    Yi-Sheng Lu

    Stony Brook University, United States

    5 publications · 1K citations

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Institutions

137

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    392 citations

  2. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    728 citations

  4. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    15 publications

    4.7K citations

  6. Ain Shams University

    Cairo, Egypt

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    270 citations

  7. Cairo University

    Giza, Egypt

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    467 citations

  8. University of Science and Technology Beijing

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    2.4K citations

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  1. Corrosion Science

    43 publications · 4.1K citations

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  2. Journal of The Electrochemical Society

    JES · 29 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. Electrochimica Acta

    18 publications · 915 citations

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  4. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed)

    8 publications · 268 citations

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  5. Transactions of the Faraday Society

    5 publications · 242 citations

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