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Strategies of metal corrosion protection

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The present article involves the electrochemical fundamentals of overvoltage/polarization of charge transfer and preceding diffusion, short-circuited corrosion cells, the mixed potential theory underlying submicrocells, differential de-aeration cells, and finally introduction of two methods, namely potentiodynamic polarization (PDP) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), of determining corrosion current density \(i_{{{\text{corr}}}}\) and polarization resistance \(R_{{\text{p}}}\) to make strategies to raise the cathodic hydrogen overvoltage/anodic overvoltage with two examples: a sacrificial anode and a green corrosion inhibitor. Carl Wagner’s pioneering creative work on the mixed potential theory is addressed with particular emphasis that even nowadays constitutes the principle (classical paradigm) of both the linear polarization and the Tafel extrapolation methods. From the critical assessment of corrosion inhibitors, some unexplained questions are extracted and proposed as formidable future challenges to address in the electrochemistry of corrosion inhibition.

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This contribution is dedicated to Professor Fritz Scholz in memory of close personal and editorial collaboration for over 20 years long with him on the occasion of his 65th birthday. The author is indebted to Professor Fritz Scholz for his continuous encouragement of this work. Der vorliegende Beitrag sei dem Herrn Professor Fritz Scholz zu Seinem 65. Geburtstag zur angenehmen Erinnerung an die ueber 20-jaehrigen sowohl persoenlich als auch wissenschaftlich engen Zusammenarbeiten gewidmet. Herrn Professor Fritz Scholz sei fuer seine Anregung dieser Arbeit herzlich gedankt.

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Pyun, SI. Strategies of metal corrosion protection. ChemTexts 7, 2 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40828-020-00121-y

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