Physics of corrosion

SEP 01, 1976

A metal is often protected from further attack by a film of the reaction product, but localized forms of corrosion—pitting, cracking—continue to be problems for researchers.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3023896

David A. Vermilyea

Most metals have a strong affinity for oxygen. Just as a great deal of energy must be supplied to ores to separate the metal from the oxygen, the refined metal has a strong tendency to revert to an oxide form by corrosion.

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David A. Vermilyea, General Electric Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York.