Abstract
Consider the case of a metal M in equilibrium with its ions
The tendency of a metal to transfer its ions into solution is counterbalanced by an electrode potential difference. Thus equilibrium potentials of metals characterise the free energy change of the process of metal ion removal from metal into solution. In the table below are given some values of normal (standard) equilibrium potentials (that is, where the activity of their own ions in solution is unity) at 298 K; these are known as standard potentials.
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Further Reading
Evans, U.R., Corrosion and Oxidation of Metals (Edward Arnold, 1960)
Pludek, V.R., Design and Corrosion Control (Macmillan Press, 1977)
Scully, J.C., Fundamentals of Corrosion, 2nd ed. (Pergamon, 1975)
Shreir, L.L., (ed.) Corrosion, vols I and II (Newnes-Butterworth, 1976)
Tomashov, N.D., Theory of Corrosion and Protection of Metals (Macmillan, 1966)
West, J.M., Electrodeposition and Corrosion Processes (Van Nostrand, 1971)
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Lewis, G. (1981). Corrosion. In: Properties of Engineering Materials. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05837-2_5
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