Pit Nucleation
Pit Nucleation is a mechanistic process in corrosion science denoting the initial stage of localized electrochemical attack wherein a stable pit forms on a passivated metal surface due to the breakdown of the protective oxide layer at discrete sites.
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Metastable pitting corrosion of stainless steel and the transition to stability
Petrus Christiaan Pistorius, G.T. Burstein · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences · 1992 · 571 citations
Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17
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Polish Academy of Sciences
Warsaw, Poland
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University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
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Institute of Physical Chemistry
Warsaw, Poland
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The Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
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Sandia National Laboratories
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University of Virginia
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