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Online Monitoring of the Atmospheric Corrosion of Aluminium Alloys Using Electrochemical Noise Technique

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In this work, an electrochemical system based on electrochemical noise (EN) technique for online detection and monitoring of atmospheric corrosion of LY12CZ aluminium alloys has been established. A detecting probe and a monitoring instrument with a software have been developed to perform the electrochemical noise measurements with zero resistance ammeter (ZRA) mode. Experimental results show that the atmospheric corrosion behaviour of aluminium could be effectively detected and monitored by the analysis of the electrochemical potential and current noise, also by the noise resistance variation.

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Published in Russian in Elektrokhimiya, 2018, Vol. 54, No. 8, pp. 716–722.

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Han, L., Xia, DH., Song, SZ. et al. Online Monitoring of the Atmospheric Corrosion of Aluminium Alloys Using Electrochemical Noise Technique. Russ J Electrochem 54, 623–628 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193518080025

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