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Marcel Pourbaix has developed a unique and concise method of summarizing the corrosion thermodynamic information for a given metal in a useful potential–pH diagram. These diagrams indicate certain regions of potential and pH where the metal undergoes corrosion and other regions of potential and pH where the metal is protected from corrosion. Such diagrams are usually called “Pourbaix diagrams” but are sometimes called “equilibrium diagrams” because these diagrams apply to conditions where the metal is in equilibrium with its environment. Pourbaix diagrams are available for over 70 different metals 1.
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McCafferty, E. (2010). Thermodynamics of Corrosion: Pourbaix Diagrams. In: Introduction to Corrosion Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0455-3_6
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